Tether (USDT) is 965887.9× the size of Nuritopia (NBLU) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.16 across 37 shared trading days). NBLU has been the more volatile of the two, at 181% annualised against USDT's 1%.
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-0.16over 37 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 | NBLU | USDT |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -98.9% | -0.2% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.59 | 0.03 |
Relative strength over 90 days: USDT outperformed NBLU by 23.5% — measured on the NBLU/USDT ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.