IslandDAO (ISLAND) and Ethereum Name Service (ENS) compared side by side. Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.53 across 23 shared trading days). ENS has been the more volatile of the two, at 82% annualised against ISLAND's 50%.
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0.53over 23 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 | ISLAND | ENS |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -5.1% | -82.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.15 | 0.17 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +48.0% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -51.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: ISLAND outperformed ENS by 49.1% — measured on the ISLAND/ENS ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.