Arweave (AR) is 3.9× the size of io.net (IO) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, AR is ahead by 37.4 percentage points (IO -54.2% against AR -16.8%). Their daily returns move closely together (correlation 0.63 across 399 shared trading days). Both have run at a similar volatility, around 112% annualised.
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0.63over 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 | IO | AR |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -83.1% | -80.7% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.01 | 0.58 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +66.9% | +124.8% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -48.7% | -53.3% |
Relative strength over 90 days: AR outperformed IO by 42.7% — measured on the IO/AR ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.