Bitcoin (BTC) is 36095.4× the size of Nano (XNO) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, BTC is ahead by 21.0 percentage points (XNO -48.3% against BTC -27.3%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.28 across 399 shared trading days). XNO has been the more volatile of the two, at 108% annualised against BTC's 44%.
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0.28over 399 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 | XNO | BTC |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -80.8% | -53.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.34 | 0.51 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +37.9% | +26.8% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -52.8% | -32.9% |
Relative strength over 90 days: BTC outperformed XNO by 35.6% — measured on the XNO/BTC ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.