Chainlink (LINK) is 1066.1× the size of Liquid Mercury (MERC) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.24 across 41 shared trading days). MERC has been the more volatile of the two, at 114% annualised against LINK's 71%.
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0.24over 41 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 | MERC | LINK |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -67.5% | -69.2% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.54 | 0.47 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +61.6% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -43.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: LINK outperformed MERC by 60.1% — measured on the MERC/LINK ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.