Bitcoin (BTC) is 38177.9× the size of Irys (IRYS) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.04 across 50 shared trading days). IRYS has been the more volatile of the two, at 774% annualised against BTC's 44%.
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0.04over 50 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 | IRYS | BTC |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -73.9% | -53.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.08 | 0.51 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +26.8% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -32.9% |
Relative strength over 90 days: IRYS outperformed BTC by 61.2% — measured on the IRYS/BTC ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.