Worldcoin (WLD) is 15490.7× the size of Hypersign Identity (HID) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.43 across 25 shared trading days). WLD has been the more volatile of the two, at 125% annualised against HID's 42%.
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0.43over 25 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 | HID | WLD |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -20.9% | -82.7% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.47 | 0.21 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +186.2% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -45.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: HID outperformed WLD by 7.7% — measured on the HID/WLD ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.