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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.53
$ 2.24B
$ 2.24 billion
-2.27%
2 Aave AAVE $ 126.41
$ 1.95B
$ 1.95 billion
-0.05%
3 Decred DCR $ 23.31
$ 402.79M
$ 402.79 million
-1.45%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.252
$ 369.26M
$ 369.26 million
-0.81%
5 Compound COMP $ 19.12
$ 190.70M
$ 190.70 million
-3.22%
6 Maker MKR $ 1,525.65
$ 146.45M
$ 146.45 million
-3.37%
7 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.297
$ 102.15M
$ 102.15 million
-0.05%
8 0x ZRX $ 0.111
$ 93.82M
$ 93.82 million
+0.81%
9 Mantra DAO OM $ 0.0603
$ 71.61M
$ 71.61 million
-3.51%
10 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.209
$ 61.17M
$ 61.17 million
-1.69%
11 BTR token BTR $ 0.199
$ 54.68M
$ 54.68 million
+7.02%
12 Venus XVS $ 3.13
$ 53.24M
$ 53.24 million
+1.03%
13 Mask Network MASK $ 0.466
$ 37.70M
$ 37.70 million
-1.64%
14 Illuvium ILV $ 3.95
$ 36.18M
$ 36.18 million
+0.11%
15 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00697
$ 35.29M
$ 35.29 million
-2.62%
16 UMA UMA $ 0.531
$ 31.87M
$ 31.87 million
-3.15%
17 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0956
$ 27.31M
$ 27.31 million
+0.77%
18 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0842
$ 26.53M
$ 26.53 million
-2.81%
19 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0245
$ 13.40M
$ 13.40 million
+2.30%
20 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0181
$ 12.60M
$ 12.60 million
-2.84%
21 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00175
$ 11.34M
$ 11.34 million
-1.20%
22 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0204
$ 11.07M
$ 11.07 million
+2.46%
23 Balancer BAL $ 0.154
$ 10.47M
$ 10.47 million
-3.51%
24 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000964
$ 9.26M
$ 9.26 million
-1.97%
25 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00425
$ 8.97M
$ 8.97 million
+2.25%
26 Harvest Finance FARM $ 12.47
$ 8.57M
$ 8.57 million
-2.31%
27 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.372
$ 7.45M
$ 7.45 million
-0.98%
28 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00737
$ 6.91M
$ 6.91 million
+3.09%
29 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0312
$ 6.28M
$ 6.28 million
+0.09%
30 Block Block $ 0.00745
$ 5.38M
$ 5.38 million
+0.65%
31 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00433
$ 3.43M
$ 3.43 million
+4.53%
32 REI Network REI $ 0.00278
$ 2.73M
$ 2.73 million
-0.65%
33 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0151
$ 2.49M
$ 2.49 million
-7.40%
34 Synesis One SNS $ 0.000184
$ 464,670
$ 464,670
+15.82%
35 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0310
$ 428,803
$ 428,803
-1.53%
36 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00190
$ 391,495
$ 391,495
-0.04%
37 Yala Token YALA $ 0.00134
$ 308,257
$ 308,257
-0.98%

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38 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 48.00
$ 162.25M
$ 162.25 million
+0.08%
39 TORG TORG $ 0.0000112
$ 8.68M
$ 8.68 million
+0.08%
40 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00967
$ 7.98M
$ 7.98 million
-1.65%
41 decentral.games DG $ 0.00599
$ 5.56M
$ 5.56 million
+0.00%
42 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.209
$ 4.27M
$ 4.27 million
-0.52%
43 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆156
$ 1.56M
$ 1.56 million
+0.07%
44 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000222
$ 1.11M
$ 1.11 million
-4.40%
45 Prism PRISM $ 0.000553
$ 1.02M
$ 1.02 million
-0.09%
46 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00121
$ 378,553
$ 378,553
+23.51%
47 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00190
$ 210,893
$ 210,893
+0.00%
48 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.00110
$ 194,492
$ 194,492
+0.18%
49 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0791
$ 81,476
$ 81,476
-0.27%
50 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.000794
$ 45,974
$ 45,974
+0.05%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Synesis One SNS $ 0.000184
$ 464,670
$ 464,670
+15.82%
BTR token BTR $ 0.199
$ 54.68M
$ 54.68 million
+7.02%
Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00433
$ 3.43M
$ 3.43 million
+4.53%
Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00737
$ 6.91M
$ 6.91 million
+3.09%
HOPR HOPR $ 0.0204
$ 11.07M
$ 11.07 million
+2.46%
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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