Tether (USDT) is 2415.8× the size of Cygnus Finance Global USD (CGUSD) by market capitalisation. Over the past 30 days, USDT is ahead by 0.2 percentage points (CGUSD -0.2% against USDT +0.0%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.35 across 29 shared trading days). CGUSD has been the more volatile of the two, at 1% annualised against USDT's 0%.
| Period | CGUSD | USDT | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 days | -0.05% | -0.01% | USDT |
| 30 days | -0.17% | +0.05% | USDT |
| Metric | CGUSD | USDT |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -0.2% | -0.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.18 | 0.19 |
Relative strength over 90 days: USDT outperformed CGUSD by 0.2% — measured on the CGUSD/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.