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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 4.02
$ 2.55B
$ 2.55 billion
+2.98%
2 Aave AAVE $ 112.88
$ 1.74B
$ 1.74 billion
+1.47%
3 Decred DCR $ 26.73
$ 462.75M
$ 462.75 million
+0.81%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.239
$ 350.00M
$ 350.00 million
+1.58%
5 Compound COMP $ 18.60
$ 185.48M
$ 185.48 million
+3.61%
6 Maker MKR $ 1,879.60
$ 178.58M
$ 178.58 million
-1.08%
7 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 47.99
$ 162.19M
$ 162.19 million
-0.06%
8 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.316
$ 108.70M
$ 108.70 million
+0.78%
9 0x ZRX $ 0.108
$ 91.33M
$ 91.33 million
+3.01%
10 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.0158
$ 75.46M
$ 75.46 million
-1.43%
11 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.211
$ 61.64M
$ 61.64 million
+1.81%
12 Venus XVS $ 3.03
$ 51.52M
$ 51.52 million
-0.20%
13 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00753
$ 38.15M
$ 38.15 million
+0.16%
14 Illuvium ILV $ 4.09
$ 37.40M
$ 37.40 million
-0.93%
15 Mask Network MASK $ 0.456
$ 37.23M
$ 37.23 million
+3.28%
16 Bitlayer BTR $ 0.120
$ 32.87M
$ 32.87 million
+15.91%
17 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0795
$ 29.05M
$ 29.05 million
+0.82%
18 UMA UMA $ 0.434
$ 26.27M
$ 26.27 million
+1.98%
19 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0924
$ 25.19M
$ 25.19 million
+2.69%
20 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00195
$ 12.72M
$ 12.72 million
+16.43%
21 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0218
$ 11.99M
$ 11.99 million
+1.37%
22 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0154
$ 11.54M
$ 11.54 million
-0.31%
23 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0203
$ 11.02M
$ 11.02 million
+0.99%
24 Balancer BAL $ 0.155
$ 10.63M
$ 10.63 million
-0.12%
25 Harvest Finance FARM $ 13.74
$ 9.44M
$ 9.44 million
+0.45%
26 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.396
$ 7.89M
$ 7.89 million
-0.91%
27 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00371
$ 7.83M
$ 7.83 million
-0.03%
28 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000785
$ 7.56M
$ 7.56 million
-8.53%
29 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0347
$ 6.92M
$ 6.92 million
+0.69%
30 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00673
$ 5.33M
$ 5.33 million
+1.84%
31 Block Block $ 0.00597
$ 4.29M
$ 4.29 million
+1.85%
32 REI Network REI $ 0.00259
$ 2.55M
$ 2.55 million
+3.77%
33 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0143
$ 2.35M
$ 2.35 million
-0.27%
34 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0406
$ 748,540
$ 748,540
+2.29%

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35 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00967
$ 7.98M
$ 7.98 million
+8.38%
36 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00684
$ 6.51M
$ 6.51 million
+2.08%
37 decentral.games DG $ 0.00599
$ 5.56M
$ 5.56 million
+0.00%
38 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.191
$ 3.89M
$ 3.89 million
+0.15%
39 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆159
$ 1.59M
$ 1.59 million
+5.38%
40 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000279
$ 1.39M
$ 1.39 million
+4.37%
41 Prism PRISM $ 0.000482
$ 883,715
$ 883,715
-0.90%
42 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00121
$ 378,243
$ 378,243
-0.74%
43 Yala Token YALA $ 0.000782
$ 219,283
$ 219,283
+12.87%
44 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00103
$ 215,340
$ 215,340
+2.22%
45 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00179
$ 198,663
$ 198,663
+2.24%
46 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.00101
$ 179,156
$ 179,156
+1.23%
47 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.00183
$ 105,781
$ 105,781
+0.00%
48 HYVE HYVE $ 0.00300
$ 105,748
$ 105,748
+106.75%
49 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0826
$ 85,095
$ 85,095
+1.44%
50 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000263
$ 66,411
$ 66,411
-29.62%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00195
$ 12.72M
$ 12.72 million
+16.43%
Bitlayer BTR $ 0.120
$ 32.87M
$ 32.87 million
+15.91%
REI Network REI $ 0.00259
$ 2.55M
$ 2.55 million
+3.77%
Compound COMP $ 18.60
$ 185.48M
$ 185.48 million
+3.61%
Mask Network MASK $ 0.456
$ 37.23M
$ 37.23 million
+3.28%
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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