Bittensor (TAO) is 5215.7× the size of NodeAI (GPU) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.18 across 39 shared trading days). GPU has been the more volatile of the two, at 214% annualised against TAO's 97%.
GPUTAO
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 | GPU | TAO |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -68.6% | -70.7% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.26 | 0.16 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +104.1% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -48.1% |
Relative strength over 90 days: TAO outperformed GPU by 53.9% — measured on the GPU/TAO ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.