XRP (XRP) is 31943.5× the size of Vara Network (VARA) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, XRP is ahead by 31.6 percentage points (VARA -76.3% against XRP -44.7%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.30 across 364 shared trading days). VARA has been the more volatile of the two, at 127% annualised against XRP's 65%.
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0.30over 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 | VARA | XRP |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -87.3% | -67.3% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.31 | 0.29 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +41.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -47.3% |
Relative strength over 90 days: VARA outperformed XRP by 2.6% — measured on the VARA/XRP ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.