Lido DAO (LDO) is 3493.4× the size of Liquid Staked TAO (XTAO) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.14 across 195 shared trading days). XTAO has been the more volatile of the two, at 44448% annualised against LDO's 95%.
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0.14over 195 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 | XTAO | LDO |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -99.9% | -81.5% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.00 | 0.18 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +58.2% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -51.2% |
Relative strength over 90 days: LDO outperformed XTAO by 20.0% — measured on the XTAO/LDO ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.