Uniswap (UNI) is 75.6× the size of Lido EarnUSD (EARNUSD) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.18 across 51 shared trading days). UNI has been the more volatile of the two, at 101% annualised against EARNUSD's 2%.
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-0.18over 51 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 | EARNUSD | UNI |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -0.2% | -74.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.69 | 0.73 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +143.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -47.8% |
Relative strength over 90 days: UNI outperformed EARNUSD by 36.6% — measured on the EARNUSD/UNI ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.