Decentralized Social (DESO) is 6.6× the size of Bitsocial (BSO) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.18 across 52 shared trading days). BSO has been the more volatile of the two, at 182% annualised against DESO's 109%.
DESOBSO
0.18over 52 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 | DESO | BSO |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -89.4% | -50.8% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.36 | -0.08 |
Relative strength over 90 days: BSO outperformed DESO by 59.6% — measured on the DESO/BSO ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.