Bitcoin (BTC) is 106531547.4× the size of Iron Bank EUR (IBEUR) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move closely together (correlation 0.62 across 29 shared trading days). IBEUR has been the more volatile of the two, at 55% annualised against BTC's 44%.
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0.62over 29 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 | IBEUR | BTC |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -20.3% | -53.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.24 | 0.63 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +26.8% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -32.9% |
Relative strength over 90 days: BTC outperformed IBEUR by 8.6% — measured on the IBEUR/BTC ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.