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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.59
$ 2.27B
$ 2.27 billion
+3.58%
2 Aave AAVE $ 110.34
$ 1.70B
$ 1.70 billion
+3.45%
3 Decred DCR $ 22.78
$ 394.47M
$ 394.47 million
-2.23%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.219
$ 321.73M
$ 321.73 million
+0.28%
5 Compound COMP $ 19.25
$ 191.90M
$ 191.90 million
+3.84%
6 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 47.91
$ 161.96M
$ 161.96 million
-0.12%
7 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.303
$ 104.35M
$ 104.35 million
+3.64%
8 0x ZRX $ 0.103
$ 87.45M
$ 87.45 million
+4.97%
9 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.0124
$ 59.10M
$ 59.10 million
-0.09%
10 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.199
$ 58.17M
$ 58.17 million
+4.19%
11 Venus XVS $ 2.81
$ 47.76M
$ 47.76 million
+1.62%
12 Mask Network MASK $ 0.458
$ 37.36M
$ 37.36 million
+5.68%
13 Illuvium ILV $ 3.68
$ 33.70M
$ 33.70 million
+2.21%
14 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00688
$ 26.80M
$ 26.80 million
+3.79%
15 UMA UMA $ 0.427
$ 25.73M
$ 25.73 million
+3.38%
16 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0850
$ 24.02M
$ 24.02 million
+2.75%
17 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0581
$ 21.27M
$ 21.27 million
-25.61%
18 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0208
$ 11.28M
$ 11.28 million
+1.64%
19 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00171
$ 11.16M
$ 11.16 million
+1.55%
20 Balancer BAL $ 0.155
$ 10.57M
$ 10.57 million
+1.29%
21 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0191
$ 10.43M
$ 10.43 million
-0.69%
22 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0136
$ 10.33M
$ 10.33 million
+3.50%
23 Bitlayer BTR $ 0.0364
$ 9.84M
$ 9.84 million
-79.57%
24 Harvest Finance FARM $ 12.05
$ 8.28M
$ 8.28 million
+3.09%
25 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00371
$ 7.82M
$ 7.82 million
+2.25%
26 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0385
$ 7.71M
$ 7.71 million
-7.02%
27 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.372
$ 7.46M
$ 7.46 million
+1.28%
28 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000512
$ 4.43M
$ 4.43 million
-6.69%
29 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00508
$ 4.03M
$ 4.03 million
-1.61%
30 Block Block $ 0.00552
$ 3.95M
$ 3.95 million
+4.06%
31 REI Network REI $ 0.00257
$ 2.47M
$ 2.47 million
-11.75%
32 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0141
$ 2.33M
$ 2.33 million
+2.03%
33 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0245
$ 463,366
$ 463,366
+2.27%

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34 Maker MKR $ 1,751.38
$ 166.36M
$ 166.36 million
+3.49%
35 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00863
$ 7.12M
$ 7.12 million
-1.82%
36 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00685
$ 6.51M
$ 6.51 million
+2.91%
37 decentral.games DG $ 0.00599
$ 5.56M
$ 5.56 million
+0.00%
38 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.251
$ 5.13M
$ 5.13 million
-1.21%
39 Reflexer Ungovernance Token FLX $ 2.31
$ 1.91M
$ 1.91 million
+5.47%
40 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆155
$ 1.55M
$ 1.55 million
+2.92%
41 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000238
$ 1.20M
$ 1.20 million
+6.75%
42 Prism PRISM $ 0.000469
$ 860,778
$ 860,778
+0.23%
43 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00168
$ 524,301
$ 524,301
+0.98%
44 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00220
$ 243,322
$ 243,322
+27.49%
45 Choise.com CHO $ 0.000971
$ 209,397
$ 209,397
-0.06%
46 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.00183
$ 202,797
$ 202,797
+0.00%
47 Yala Token YALA $ 0.000638
$ 179,984
$ 179,984
-4.98%
48 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.000999
$ 177,046
$ 177,046
-1.04%
49 PsyDAO Token PSY $ 0.00275
$ 122,622
$ 122,622
-2.85%
50 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000380
$ 95,993
$ 95,993
+3.73%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Mask Network MASK $ 0.458
$ 37.36M
$ 37.36 million
+5.68%
0x ZRX $ 0.103
$ 87.45M
$ 87.45 million
+4.97%
SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.199
$ 58.17M
$ 58.17 million
+4.19%
Block Block $ 0.00552
$ 3.95M
$ 3.95 million
+4.06%
Compound COMP $ 19.25
$ 191.90M
$ 191.90 million
+3.84%
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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