Ethena USDe (USDE) is 1.0× the size of Stellar (XLM) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, USDE is ahead by 47.9 percentage points (USDE +0.1% against XLM -47.8%). Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.00 across 399 shared trading days). XLM has been the more volatile of the two, at 77% annualised against USDE's 0%.
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-0.00over 399 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 | USDE | XLM |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -0.1% | -61.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.11 | -0.18 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +0.1% | +63.3% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -0.1% | -39.7% |
Relative strength over 90 days: USDE outperformed XLM by 15.3% — measured on the USDE/XLM ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.