Tether (USDT) is 22924.9× the size of Kyrgyz Som Stablecoin (KGST) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.19 across 58 shared trading days). KGST has been the more volatile of the two, at 4% annualised against USDT's 1%.
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0.19over 58 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 | KGST | USDT |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -2.3% | -0.2% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.38 | -0.03 |
Relative strength over 90 days: USDT outperformed KGST by 1.6% — measured on the KGST/USDT ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.