Ethereum (ETH) is 26785971.5× the size of XAICASH (XAIC) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move closely together (correlation 0.74 across 22 shared trading days). XAIC has been the more volatile of the two, at 74% annualised against ETH's 62%.
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0.74over 22 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 | XAIC | ETH |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -30.1% | -66.5% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.34 | 0.50 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +34.1% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -44.6% |
Relative strength over 90 days: ETH outperformed XAIC by 16.4% — measured on the XAIC/ETH ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.