Bittensor (TAO) is 341625.7× the size of XTAL (XTAL) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.43 across 21 shared trading days). TAO has been the more volatile of the two, at 97% annualised against XTAL's 46%.
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0.43over 21 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 | XTAL | TAO |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -11.9% | -70.7% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.26 | 0.25 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +104.1% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -48.1% |
Relative strength over 90 days: XTAL outperformed TAO by 14.2% — measured on the XTAL/TAO ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.