Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL) is 14269.5× the size of CLAW BEACON (BEACON) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.01 across 76 shared trading days). BEACON has been the more volatile of the two, at 705% annualised against VIRTUAL's 119%.
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-0.01over 76 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 | BEACON | VIRTUAL |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -76.0% | -71.7% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.04 | 0.00 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +47.4% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -54.7% |
Relative strength over 90 days: BEACON outperformed VIRTUAL by 34.7% — measured on the BEACON/VIRTUAL ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.