Polkadot (DOT) is 1.1× the size of Worldcoin (WLD) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, WLD is ahead by 15.3 percentage points (DOT -61.9% against WLD -46.7%). Their daily returns move closely together (correlation 0.60 across 399 shared trading days). WLD has been the more volatile of the two, at 125% annualised against DOT's 88%.
DOTWLD
0.60over 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 | DOT | WLD |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -82.9% | -82.7% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.19 | 0.21 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +55.9% | +186.2% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -44.2% | -45.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: WLD outperformed DOT by 6.0% — measured on the DOT/WLD ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.