Hyperliquid (HYPE) is 162147.6× the size of XSwap Protocol (XSP) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.20 across 23 shared trading days). XSP has been the more volatile of the two, at 123% annualised against HYPE's 81%.
XSPHYPE
-0.20over 23 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 | XSP | HYPE |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -16.5% | -18.9% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.06 | 0.56 |
Relative strength over 90 days: HYPE outperformed XSP by 15.6% — measured on the XSP/HYPE ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.