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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.23
$ 2.06B
$ 2.06 billion
+0.14%
2 Aave AAVE $ 92.54
$ 1.43B
$ 1.43 billion
+0.11%
3 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.236
$ 347.45M
$ 347.45 million
+1.47%
4 Decred DCR $ 19.38
$ 337.32M
$ 337.32 million
+3.86%
5 Compound COMP $ 22.75
$ 227.15M
$ 227.15 million
-0.63%
6 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.316
$ 108.83M
$ 108.83 million
-0.15%
7 0x ZRX $ 0.109
$ 92.70M
$ 92.70 million
-0.05%
8 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.218
$ 62.92M
$ 62.92 million
-3.53%
9 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.0102
$ 50.59M
$ 50.59 million
-3.00%
10 Venus XVS $ 2.60
$ 44.39M
$ 44.39 million
+1.57%
11 Mask Network MASK $ 0.502
$ 43.73M
$ 43.73 million
-2.24%
12 Illuvium ILV $ 4.68
$ 42.85M
$ 42.85 million
-1.09%
13 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0996
$ 36.55M
$ 36.55 million
+1.41%
14 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0854
$ 31.08M
$ 31.08 million
+2.45%
15 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00782
$ 30.25M
$ 30.25 million
-0.12%
16 UMA UMA $ 0.462
$ 29.58M
$ 29.58 million
+1.11%
17 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.732
$ 14.98M
$ 14.98 million
+0.19%
18 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00187
$ 12.24M
$ 12.24 million
+1.50%
19 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0215
$ 11.71M
$ 11.71 million
+1.26%
20 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0145
$ 11.67M
$ 11.67 million
+1.85%
21 Balancer BAL $ 0.155
$ 10.60M
$ 10.60 million
+4.39%
22 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0189
$ 10.39M
$ 10.39 million
-2.13%
23 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.465
$ 9.04M
$ 9.04 million
+0.65%
24 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0412
$ 8.13M
$ 8.13 million
-2.07%
25 Harvest Finance FARM $ 11.62
$ 7.98M
$ 7.98 million
+1.05%
26 Bitlayer BTR $ 0.0288
$ 7.79M
$ 7.79 million
-0.77%
27 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00349
$ 7.35M
$ 7.35 million
+3.88%
28 Block Block $ 0.00656
$ 5.00M
$ 5.00 million
-11.92%
29 Checkmate CHECK $ 0.0233
$ 3.55M
$ 3.55 million
+0.16%
30 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00423
$ 1.52M
$ 1.52 million
-2.70%
31 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.0000853
$ 789,285
$ 789,285
-12.03%
32 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0266
$ 529,759
$ 529,759
-4.36%

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33 Maker MKR $ 1,898.86
$ 172.84M
$ 172.84 million
+4.98%
34 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 31.49
$ 106.44M
$ 106.44 million
-4.45%
35 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00744
$ 6.14M
$ 6.14 million
+4.99%
36 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00604
$ 5.74M
$ 5.74 million
-1.59%
37 REI Network REI $ 0.00283
$ 2.80M
$ 2.80 million
-0.13%
38 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0116
$ 2.10M
$ 2.10 million
-2.25%
39 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆147
$ 1.47M
$ 1.47 million
+0.45%
40 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000168
$ 837,828
$ 837,828
-3.06%
41 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00212
$ 662,397
$ 662,397
-7.55%
42 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00137
$ 312,088
$ 312,088
-0.92%
43 PsyDAO Token PSY $ 0.00655
$ 291,717
$ 291,717
+4.44%
44 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00190
$ 211,416
$ 211,416
-0.14%
45 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.000967
$ 171,444
$ 171,444
-0.56%
46 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000628
$ 158,499
$ 158,499
+11.99%
47 Gamestarter GAME $ 0.000982
$ 141,688
$ 141,688
-5.49%
48 Yala Token YALA $ 0.000410
$ 118,030
$ 118,030
-4.91%
49 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0844
$ 86,911
$ 86,911
+0.25%
50 Moon Rabbit AAA $ 0.0₆197
$ 61,464
$ 61,464
+0.41%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Balancer BAL $ 0.155
$ 10.60M
$ 10.60 million
+4.39%
Towns TOWNS $ 0.00349
$ 7.35M
$ 7.35 million
+3.88%
Decred DCR $ 19.38
$ 337.32M
$ 337.32 million
+3.86%
Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0854
$ 31.08M
$ 31.08 million
+2.45%
Hashflow HFT $ 0.0145
$ 11.67M
$ 11.67 million
+1.85%
All Gainers

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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