DAO tokens

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# Coins Live Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $7.06
$4.40B
$4.40 billion
+2.81%
2 Bittensor TAO $266.03
$3.01B
$3.01 billion
+13.48%
3 Aave AAVE $133.59
$2.07B
$2.07 billion
-0.50%
4 SKY Governance Token SKY $0.0685
$1.60B
$1.60 billion
-1.92%
5 ARBITRUM ARB $0.164
$1.10B
$1.10 billion
-16.00%
6 Curve DAO Token CRV $0.379
$589.59M
$589.59 million
+2.00%
7 Midnight NIGHT $0.0232
$385.70M
$385.70 million
+4.17%
8 Lido DAO Token LDO $0.403
$335.70M
$335.70 million
+0.97%
9 Decred DCR $15.96
$280.77M
$280.77 million
-4.13%
10 Ethereum Name Service ENS $6.05
$254.43M
$254.43 million
-0.32%
11 Compound COMP $21.02
$210.16M
$210.16 million
+1.03%
12 Dexe DEXE $1.93
$161.95M
$161.95 million
-2.27%
13 ApeCoin APE $0.143
$143.30M
$143.30 million
+0.68%
14 Synthetix Network SNX $0.235
$136.61M
$136.61 million
+5.67%
15 Fluid FLUID $1.27
$106.24M
$106.24 million
-0.10%
16 0x ZRX $0.104
$87.84M
$87.84 million
-1.86%
17 Bedrock BR $0.246
$74.14M
$74.14 million
-1.95%
18 SUSHI SUSHI $0.238
$69.65M
$69.65 million
+0.99%
19 Wormhole W $0.0104
$66.90M
$66.90 million
+2.72%
20 RaveDAO RAVE $0.260
$63.27M
$63.27 million
+1.90%
21 Venus XVS $3.26
$55.83M
$55.83 million
+3.29%
22 Mask Network MASK $0.469
$46.94M
$46.94 million
+3.23%
23 aelf ELF $0.0465
$40.28M
$40.28 million
-3.15%
24 Velvet VELVET $0.0755
$35.04M
$35.04 million
-7.59%
25 Lista DAO LISTA $0.0758
$33.47M
$33.47 million
-5.32%
26 Illuvium ILV $3.31
$30.35M
$30.35 million
+2.55%
27 MANTRA MANTRA $0.00457
$29.14M
$29.14 million
+2.18%
28 UMA UMA $0.394
$26.90M
$26.90 million
+0.11%
29 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $0.00800
$26.04M
$26.04 million
-3.18%
30 Lisk LSK $0.105
$24.03M
$24.03 million
+0.88%
31 Yield Guild Games YGG $0.0245
$23.05M
$23.05 million
+2.13%
32 ChainGPT CGPT $0.0219
$20.44M
$20.44 million
+5.24%
33 VVS Finance VVS $0.0₆961
$15.48M
$15.48 million
+0.96%
34 SuperRare RARE $0.0126
$10.30M
$10.30 million
-0.03%
35 Alien Worlds TLM $0.00145
$10.14M
$10.14 million
-0.36%
36 TokenFi TOKEN $0.00218
$8.66M
$8.66 million
-1.60%
37 Gitcoin GTC $0.0810
$8.10M
$8.10 million
-1.95%
38 Balancer BAL $0.109
$7.57M
$7.57 million
-0.80%
39 Alephium ALPH $0.0497
$6.80M
$6.80 million
+4.24%
40 Hashflow HFT $0.00642
$5.91M
$5.91 million
-0.10%
41 MESSIER M87 $0.0₅534
$5.34M
$5.34 million
-4.64%
42 DAO Maker DAO $0.0239
$4.76M
$4.76 million
+2.75%
43 Towns TOWNS $0.00206
$4.35M
$4.35 million
-3.40%
44 Cryptex CTX $0.409
$3.82M
$3.82 million
-10.51%
45 Ampleforth Governance Token FORTH $0.260
$3.23M
$3.23 million
+10.07%
46 Checkmate CHECK $0.0132
$2.22M
$2.22 million
+1.60%
47 Rarible RARI $0.0881
$2.20M
$2.20 million
-2.60%
48 NodeOps NODE $0.00608
$1.82M
$1.82 million
+0.44%
49 Block Block $0.00146
$830,495
$830,495
-2.73%

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50 AGON Agent AGON $21.15
$21.15B
$21.15 billion
+0.00%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Live Price Market cap 24h
Bittensor TAO $266.03
$3.01B
$3.01 billion
+13.48%
Ampleforth Governance Token FORTH $0.260
$3.23M
$3.23 million
+10.07%
Synthetix Network SNX $0.235
$136.61M
$136.61 million
+5.67%
ChainGPT CGPT $0.0219
$20.44M
$20.44 million
+5.24%
Alephium ALPH $0.0497
$6.80M
$6.80 million
+4.24%
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What is a DAO token?

A DAO token is an ERC-20 (or equivalent) asset that grants membership, voting power, and/or cash-flow rights in a Decentralised Autonomous Organisation—an on-chain entity run entirely by smart contracts.
Token holders propose and vote on upgrades, budgets, partnerships, or asset allocations; votes are tallied automatically and execution is trust-less.
Treasuries often exceed $1 B (e.g., Uniswap, ENS), making DAO tokens de-facto keys to multi-billion dollar protocols.

Quick Facts

  • Purpose: Governance, revenue-share, membership access, or combo (“gov-share”).
  • Voting: 1 token = 1 vote (common) or quadratic/delegated (newer DAOs).
  • Supply: Fixed, inflationary, or burn-to-vote (e.g., Maker MKR flapper).
  • Chains: Ethereum (80 %), but also Polygon, Solana, Cosmos, Stacks.
  • Treasury size: Top 20 DAOs manage >$25 B in diversified crypto and stablecoins.

Top DAO Tokens (Live Examples)

Token Ticker DAO / Protocol 2024 Voting Power Snapshot
Uniswap UNI Uniswap DAO Control 1.8 B UNI treasury, fee-switch, v4 hooks.
Maker MKR MakerDAO Set DAI stability fee, surplus burn, collateral onboarding.
Aave AAVE Aave DAO Risk params, new-market listings, AAVE v3 upgrades.
ENS ENS ENS DAO .eth pricing, treasury grants, root multisig members.
Compound COMP Compound DAO Interest-rate models, asset listings, reserve factors.
Curve CRV Curve DAO Gauge weights (yield bribes), new pools, CRV inflation.
Lido LDO Lido DAO Node-operator set, staking fee, dual-governance veto.
dYdX DYDX dYdX v3 DAO Trading rewards, treasury spend, v4 chain migration.

How It Works

  1. Acquire DAO token on DEX/CEX or earn via liquidity mining.
  2. Delegate to yourself or a trusted voter (gas-less on Snapshot).
  3. Create proposal (off-chain temp-check, then on-chain executable).
  4. Vote — quorum (e.g., 4 % of supply) and approval % thresholds must be met.
  5. Timelock executes code automatically after delay (12 h – 7 days).
  6. Treasury spend or parameter change goes live without human sign-off.

Benefits

  • Trust-less governance – no board, no CEO, no jurisdiction veto.
  • Transparent treasury – every inflow/outflow on-chain, real-time.
  • Token holder alignment – voters directly benefit from protocol growth (fee share, burns).
  • Rapid innovation – community can ship features faster than corporate red-tape.
  • Global membership – permissionless entry, 24/7 voting, borderless capital raises.

Risks & Trade-offs

  • Low voter turnout – <10 % participation common; whales can swing outcomes.
  • Plutocracy – richest wallets dominate; quadratic voting still game-able via sybil.
  • Legal limbo – regulators may class governance tokens as securities (SEC vs. DAOs).
  • Smart-contract bugs – malicious or fat-finger proposals can drain treasury (e.g., BadgerDAO hack).
  • Token concentration – founders/VCs often hold >20 %, limiting decentralisation.
  • Proposal spam – micro-proposals and voter bribery (gauge wars) add noise.

Final Thoughts

DAO tokens are programmable share certificates for open-source networks: hold them and you become a board-member with veto power over a multi-billion dollar balance sheet.
The upside is radical transparency and fast innovation; the downside is voter apathy and regulatory overhang.
Treat them like early-stage equity: research treasury runway, voter participation, and legal structure before aping—and never vote blindly on 4 a.m. Snapshot polls.

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