NEAR Protocol (NEAR) is 201872.8× the size of OpenTau (TAU) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.21 across 55 shared trading days). TAU has been the more volatile of the two, at 228% annualised against NEAR's 109%.
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0.21over 55 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 | TAU | NEAR |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -75.9% | -68.7% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.25 | 1.01 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +195.3% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -48.1% |
Relative strength over 90 days: NEAR outperformed TAU by 75.8% — measured on the TAU/NEAR ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.