Bittensor (TAO) is 1305.5× the size of Numbers Protocol (NUM) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, TAO is ahead by 28.9 percentage points (NUM -80.4% against TAO -51.6%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.14 across 373 shared trading days). NUM has been the more volatile of the two, at 136% annualised against TAO's 97%.
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0.14over 373 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 | NUM | TAO |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -84.7% | -70.7% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.11 | 0.16 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +58.6% | +104.1% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -52.4% | -48.1% |
Relative strength over 90 days: TAO outperformed NUM by 19.3% — measured on the NUM/TAO ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.