Ethereum Name Service (ENS) is 8.6× the size of Civic (CVC) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, CVC is ahead by 6.5 percentage points (CVC -57.2% against ENS -63.7%). Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.58 across 399 shared trading days). Both have run at a similar volatility, around 81% annualised.
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0.58over 399 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 | CVC | ENS |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -81.0% | -82.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.22 | 0.17 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +85.8% | +48.0% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -38.6% | -51.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: CVC outperformed ENS by 7.4% — measured on the CVC/ENS ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.