XRP (XRP) is 2312.6× the size of Zilliqa (ZIL) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, XRP is ahead by 29.0 percentage points (ZIL -73.7% against XRP -44.7%). Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.59 across 399 shared trading days). ZIL has been the more volatile of the two, at 90% annualised against XRP's 65%.
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0.59over 399 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 | ZIL | XRP |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -84.2% | -67.3% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.34 | 0.29 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +45.8% | +41.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -51.0% | -47.3% |
Relative strength over 90 days: XRP outperformed ZIL by 43.3% — measured on the ZIL/XRP ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.