Chainlink (LINK) is 12.7× the size of LayerZero (ZRO) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, ZRO is ahead by 51.8 percentage points (ZRO +29.8% against LINK -22.0%). Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.52 across 399 shared trading days). ZRO has been the more volatile of the two, at 103% annualised against LINK's 71%.
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0.52over 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 | ZRO | LINK |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -70.5% | -69.2% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 1.07 | 0.53 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +115.2% | +61.6% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -47.3% | -43.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: ZRO outperformed LINK by 59.9% — measured on the ZRO/LINK ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.