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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.94
$ 2.49B
$ 2.49 billion
+5.09%
2 Aave AAVE $ 109.78
$ 1.70B
$ 1.70 billion
+2.18%
3 Decred DCR $ 29.31
$ 507.48M
$ 507.48 million
+4.13%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.251
$ 367.66M
$ 367.66 million
+5.96%
5 Maker MKR $ 1,815.50
$ 173.14M
$ 173.14 million
+4.70%
6 Compound COMP $ 16.93
$ 168.83M
$ 168.83 million
+0.72%
7 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.314
$ 107.99M
$ 107.99 million
+0.76%
8 0x ZRX $ 0.109
$ 92.73M
$ 92.73 million
+4.53%
9 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.0180
$ 85.55M
$ 85.55 million
+1.69%
10 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.199
$ 58.08M
$ 58.08 million
+2.77%
11 Venus XVS $ 2.98
$ 50.63M
$ 50.63 million
+0.28%
12 BTR token BTR $ 0.150
$ 41.29M
$ 41.29 million
-0.14%
13 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00772
$ 39.10M
$ 39.10 million
+8.76%
14 Mask Network MASK $ 0.449
$ 36.28M
$ 36.28 million
+3.54%
15 Illuvium ILV $ 3.79
$ 34.69M
$ 34.69 million
-2.09%
16 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0919
$ 33.51M
$ 33.51 million
+2.16%
17 UMA UMA $ 0.418
$ 25.29M
$ 25.29 million
-4.58%
18 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0844
$ 23.99M
$ 23.99 million
+0.79%
19 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0212
$ 11.58M
$ 11.58 million
+0.16%
20 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0204
$ 11.06M
$ 11.06 million
-1.41%
21 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00169
$ 10.99M
$ 10.99 million
+1.81%
22 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0148
$ 10.90M
$ 10.90 million
-2.83%
23 Balancer BAL $ 0.147
$ 10.03M
$ 10.03 million
-0.69%
24 Harvest Finance FARM $ 13.09
$ 9.00M
$ 9.00 million
+1.32%
25 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000821
$ 7.91M
$ 7.91 million
+2.17%
26 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.389
$ 7.80M
$ 7.80 million
+3.42%
27 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0372
$ 7.42M
$ 7.42 million
+15.18%
28 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00338
$ 7.13M
$ 7.13 million
-0.21%
29 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00674
$ 5.34M
$ 5.34 million
+2.88%
30 Block Block $ 0.00593
$ 4.26M
$ 4.26 million
+0.66%
31 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0140
$ 2.30M
$ 2.30 million
-1.57%
32 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0370
$ 682,855
$ 682,855
+4.08%

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33 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 47.94
$ 162.05M
$ 162.05 million
-0.16%
34 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00991
$ 8.17M
$ 8.17 million
-0.60%
35 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00670
$ 6.37M
$ 6.37 million
-0.18%
36 decentral.games DG $ 0.00599
$ 5.56M
$ 5.56 million
+0.00%
37 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.176
$ 3.60M
$ 3.60 million
-0.29%
38 REI Network REI $ 0.00244
$ 2.40M
$ 2.40 million
-0.29%
39 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆153
$ 1.53M
$ 1.53 million
+4.53%
40 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000233
$ 1.16M
$ 1.16 million
-6.43%
41 Prism PRISM $ 0.000542
$ 995,216
$ 995,216
+2.33%
42 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00126
$ 392,080
$ 392,080
-3.52%
43 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00106
$ 219,790
$ 219,790
-0.28%
44 Yala Token YALA $ 0.000767
$ 215,307
$ 215,307
-22.59%
45 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00172
$ 191,147
$ 191,147
-15.65%
46 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.000992
$ 175,962
$ 175,962
-1.31%
47 HYVE HYVE $ 0.00145
$ 156,665
$ 156,665
+95.29%
48 PsyDAO Token PSY $ 0.00293
$ 131,033
$ 131,033
-0.03%
49 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000340
$ 85,781
$ 85,781
+19.75%
50 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0813
$ 83,687
$ 83,687
+2.16%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0372
$ 7.42M
$ 7.42 million
+15.18%
ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00772
$ 39.10M
$ 39.10 million
+8.76%
Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.251
$ 367.66M
$ 367.66 million
+5.96%
Uniswap UNI $ 3.94
$ 2.49B
$ 2.49 billion
+5.09%
Maker MKR $ 1,815.50
$ 173.14M
$ 173.14 million
+4.70%
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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