Bitcoin (BTC) is 5088696.6× the size of PER Project (PER) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.47 across 31 shared trading days). PER has been the more volatile of the two, at 78% annualised against BTC's 44%.
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0.47over 31 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 | PER | BTC |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -15.4% | -53.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.01 | 0.63 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +26.8% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -32.9% |
Relative strength over 90 days: BTC outperformed PER by 5.1% — measured on the PER/BTC ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.