Polkadot (DOT) is 1023.9× the size of zkVerify (VFY) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, DOT is ahead by 32.6 percentage points (VFY -96.3% against DOT -63.7%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.35 across 372 shared trading days). VFY has been the more volatile of the two, at 106% annualised against DOT's 88%.
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0.35over 372 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 | VFY | DOT |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -96.8% | -82.9% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.19 | 0.13 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +32.3% | +55.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -62.9% | -44.2% |
Relative strength over 90 days: DOT outperformed VFY by 23.7% — measured on the VFY/DOT ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.