Bitcoin (BTC) is 10671.3× the size of Pons (PONS) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.21 across 58 shared trading days). PONS has been the more volatile of the two, at 385% annualised against BTC's 44%.
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0.21over 58 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 | PONS | BTC |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -76.9% | -53.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 1.57 | 0.51 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +26.8% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -32.9% |
Relative strength over 90 days: PONS outperformed BTC by 471.9% — measured on the PONS/BTC ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.