Tether (USDT) is 778.8× the size of Trust Wallet (TWT) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.53 across 31 shared trading days). TWT has been the more volatile of the two, at 82% annualised against USDT's 0%.
| Period | TWT | USDT | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 days | +5.62% | -0.01% | TWT |
| 30 days | +39.84% | +0.05% | TWT |
| 90 days | +50.45% | — | — |
| 1 year | -51.33% | — | — |
| Metric | TWT | USDT |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -79.8% | -0.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.73 | 0.19 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +70.1% | — |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -46.8% | — |
Relative strength over 90 days: TWT outperformed USDT by 28.6% — measured on the TWT/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.