XRP (XRP) is 1284484.6× the size of Yield App (YLD) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.46 across 20 shared trading days). XRP has been the more volatile of the two, at 66% annualised against YLD's 5%.
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0.46over 20 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 | YLD | XRP |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -1.6% | -67.3% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | — | 0.25 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +41.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -47.3% |
Relative strength over 90 days: YLD outperformed XRP by 21.8% — measured on the YLD/XRP ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.