NEAR Protocol (NEAR) is 22364.6× the size of Merrymen by Virtuals (MERRYMEN) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.18 across 39 shared trading days). MERRYMEN has been the more volatile of the two, at 604% annualised against NEAR's 108%.
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0.18over 39 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 | MERRYMEN | NEAR |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -67.1% | -68.7% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.02 | 1.11 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +195.3% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -48.1% |
Relative strength over 90 days: NEAR outperformed MERRYMEN by 48.6% — measured on the MERRYMEN/NEAR ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.