Tether (USDT) is 1095.2× the size of Spiko US T-Bills Money Market Fund (USTBL) by market capitalisation. Over the past 30 days, USTBL is ahead by 0.2 percentage points (USTBL +0.3% against USDT +0.0%). Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.01 across 30 shared trading days). USTBL has been the more volatile of the two, at 1% annualised against USDT's 0%.
| Period | USTBL | USDT | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 days | +0.00% | -0.01% | USTBL |
| 30 days | +0.27% | +0.05% | USTBL |
| Metric | USTBL | USDT |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.52 | 0.19 |
Relative strength over 90 days: USTBL outperformed USDT by 0.2% — measured on the USTBL/USDT ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.
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.