Starknet (STRK) is 8.0× the size of Merlin Chain (MERL) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.11 across 51 shared trading days). STRK has been the more volatile of the two, at 143% annualised against MERL's 91%.
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0.11over 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 | MERL | STRK |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -18.8% | -91.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.46 | 0.33 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +329.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -66.4% |
Relative strength over 90 days: STRK outperformed MERL by 4.3% — measured on the MERL/STRK ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.