Aave (AAVE) is 23.7× the size of USD.AI (CHIP) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.29 across 198 shared trading days). CHIP has been the more volatile of the two, at 180% annualised against AAVE's 87%.
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0.29over 198 shared trading days
Measured on daily returns rather than on prices. Two assets that both simply trend upward score near 1.0 on raw prices whether or not they move together, so returns are what answer the question people mean by correlation.
| Metric | CHIP | AAVE |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -80.8% | -79.5% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.41 | 0.51 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +56.3% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -42.7% |
Relative strength over 90 days: CHIP outperformed AAVE by 13.6% — measured on the CHIP/AAVE ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.