Filecoin (FIL) is 62.7× the size of GenesisL1 (L1) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.02 across 40 shared trading days). L1 has been the more volatile of the two, at 251% annualised against FIL's 125%.
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0.02over 40 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 | L1 | FIL |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -24.0% | -81.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.57 | 0.19 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +66.2% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -57.1% |
Relative strength over 90 days: L1 outperformed FIL by 87.6% — measured on the L1/FIL ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.