Plasma (XPL) is 3461.6× the size of Sanafi Onchain (SANA) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.03 across 35 shared trading days). XPL has been the more volatile of the two, at 135% annualised against SANA's 74%.
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-0.03over 35 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 | SANA | XPL |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -48.8% | -94.1% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.62 | -0.14 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +66.7% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -62.3% |
Relative strength over 90 days: XPL outperformed SANA by 18.1% — measured on the SANA/XPL ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.