Meta Games Coin (MGC) and Decentraland (MANA) compared side by side. Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.36 across 34 shared trading days). MANA has been the more volatile of the two, at 78% annualised against MGC's 30%.
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0.36over 34 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 | MGC | MANA |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -17.4% | -82.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.55 | 0.14 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +43.6% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -42.8% |
Relative strength over 90 days: MGC outperformed MANA by 1.8% — measured on the MGC/MANA ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.