Ethereum (ETH) is 962.3× the size of Plasma (XPL) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, ETH is ahead by 40.1 percentage points (XPL -77.0% against ETH -36.9%). Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.58 across 399 shared trading days). XPL has been the more volatile of the two, at 135% annualised against ETH's 62%.
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0.58over 399 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 | XPL | ETH |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -94.1% | -66.5% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.15 | 0.36 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +66.7% | +34.1% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -62.3% | -44.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: ETH outperformed XPL by 29.5% — measured on the XPL/ETH ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.