Tether (USDT) is 3251.5× the size of Creditcoin (CTC) by market capitalisation. Over the past 30 days, CTC is ahead by 40.6 percentage points (CTC +40.7% against USDT +0.0%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.28 across 28 shared trading days). CTC has been the more volatile of the two, at 93% annualised against USDT's 0%.
| Period | CTC | USDT | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 days | -4.39% | -0.01% | USDT |
| 30 days | +40.67% | +0.05% | CTC |
| Metric | CTC | USDT |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -12.8% | -0.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.44 | 0.19 |
Relative strength over 90 days: CTC outperformed USDT by 46.8% — measured on the CTC/USDT ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.
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.