Decred (DCR) is 4713.2× the size of Scala (XLA) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.06 across 31 shared trading days). XLA has been the more volatile of the two, at 189% annualised against DCR's 125%.
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0.06over 31 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 | XLA | DCR |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -50.1% | -75.5% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.25 | 0.09 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +82.5% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -53.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: DCR outperformed XLA by 51.7% — measured on the XLA/DCR ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.