Kaspa blockchain’s KAS token is the best performing top-100 cryptocurrency over the past seven days, CoinDesk reported. The price increase was accompanied by an even greater growth in futures open interest. While the headline numbers don’t show much movement, certain areas of the crypto market are always active, just as the calm surface of a pond can mask the scope of the dynamic ecosystem below. Such was the case recently. Negative price action in Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) has dragged down the total market capitalization of digital assets by 3.4% to $2.22 trillion since Friday, painting a gloomy picture for the crypto market. However, this decline masks a 26% gain for Kaspa blockchain’s KAS token. This makes KAS the best performing coin among the top 100 digital assets by market cap. This outperformance follows bitcoin miner Marathon Digital (MARA)’s decision to diversify its revenue streams by adding KAS mining. The company said it has mined 93 million KAS tokens since September. Kaspa’s proof-of-work blockchain utilizes the GHOSTDAG (Greedy Heaviest Observed Subtree Directed Acyclic Graph) protocol to improve its performance and scalability. KAS’ weekly gains were accompanied by a 58% jump in futures open interest to $65 million, with funding rates remaining positive, which shows the influx of new money and the effectiveness of price increases.