Zcash (ZEC) is 5.0× the size of Dai (DAI) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.03 across 40 shared trading days). ZEC has been the more volatile of the two, at 149% annualised against DAI's 1%.
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0.03over 40 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 | ZEC | DAI |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -71.8% | -0.1% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 1.06 | 0.03 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +188.2% | — |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -59.2% | — |
Relative strength over 90 days: DAI outperformed ZEC by 21.6% — measured on the ZEC/DAI ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.