Hyperliquid (HYPE) is 1578.7× the size of QIE Blockchain (QIE) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.07 across 36 shared trading days). QIE has been the more volatile of the two, at 354% annualised against HYPE's 82%.
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0.07over 36 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 | QIE | HYPE |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -94.0% | -18.9% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 2.25 | 0.58 |
Relative strength over 90 days: HYPE outperformed QIE by 19.9% — measured on the QIE/HYPE ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.