Uniswap (UNI) is 309.2× the size of Katana (KAT) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.14 across 231 shared trading days). KAT has been the more volatile of the two, at 163% annualised against UNI's 101%.
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0.14over 231 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 | KAT | UNI |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -84.7% | -74.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.13 | 0.73 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +143.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -47.8% |
Relative strength over 90 days: UNI outperformed KAT by 51.7% — measured on the KAT/UNI ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.