NEAR Protocol (NEAR) is 1.1× the size of Uniswap (UNI) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, NEAR is ahead by 68.6 percentage points (NEAR +118.9% against UNI +50.3%). Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.52 across 399 shared trading days). Both have run at a similar volatility, around 105% annualised.
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0.52over 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 | NEAR | UNI |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -68.7% | -74.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 1.11 | 0.83 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +195.3% | +143.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -48.1% | -47.8% |
Relative strength over 90 days: NEAR outperformed UNI by 27.4% — measured on the NEAR/UNI ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.