NEAR Protocol (NEAR) is 701.5× the size of Quai Network (QUAI) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, NEAR is ahead by 171.0 percentage points (QUAI -70.6% against NEAR +100.4%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.22 across 364 shared trading days). QUAI has been the more volatile of the two, at 159% annualised against NEAR's 108%.
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0.22over 364 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 | QUAI | NEAR |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -93.6% | -68.7% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.05 | 0.98 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +195.3% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -48.1% |
Relative strength over 90 days: NEAR outperformed QUAI by 59.6% — measured on the QUAI/NEAR ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.