Uniswap (UNI) is 37.6× the size of edgeX (EDGE) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.27 across 57 shared trading days). EDGE has been the more volatile of the two, at 197% annualised against UNI's 101%.
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0.27over 57 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 | EDGE | UNI |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -53.2% | -74.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.11 | 0.73 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +143.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -47.8% |
Relative strength over 90 days: UNI outperformed EDGE by 44.6% — measured on the EDGE/UNI ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.