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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.55
$ 2.25B
$ 2.25 billion
+11.57%
2 Aave AAVE $ 113.96
$ 1.76B
$ 1.76 billion
+12.08%
3 Decred DCR $ 23.22
$ 400.77M
$ 400.77 million
+18.12%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.257
$ 377.68M
$ 377.68 million
+10.29%
5 Compound COMP $ 17.49
$ 174.38M
$ 174.38 million
+6.26%
6 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 47.94
$ 162.21M
$ 162.21 million
+0.20%
7 Maker MKR $ 1,514.02
$ 146.85M
$ 146.85 million
+14.84%
8 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.300
$ 103.24M
$ 103.24 million
+6.77%
9 0x ZRX $ 0.107
$ 90.97M
$ 90.97 million
+11.63%
10 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.213
$ 62.23M
$ 62.23 million
+12.39%
11 Venus XVS $ 3.25
$ 55.35M
$ 55.35 million
+4.32%
12 Mantra DAO OM $ 0.0458
$ 54.14M
$ 54.14 million
+7.96%
13 Mask Network MASK $ 0.483
$ 38.71M
$ 38.71 million
+9.77%
14 Illuvium ILV $ 4.01
$ 36.62M
$ 36.62 million
+11.96%
15 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00707
$ 35.82M
$ 35.82 million
+10.74%
16 Velvet VELVET $ 0.103
$ 32.05M
$ 32.05 million
-5.16%
17 UMA UMA $ 0.532
$ 31.82M
$ 31.82 million
+11.61%
18 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0998
$ 28.54M
$ 28.54 million
+9.42%
19 BTR token BTR $ 0.0925
$ 25.43M
$ 25.43 million
+17.62%
20 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0288
$ 15.72M
$ 15.72 million
+16.89%
21 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0185
$ 12.88M
$ 12.88 million
+11.58%
22 Balancer BAL $ 0.177
$ 12.02M
$ 12.02 million
+4.75%
23 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00176
$ 11.42M
$ 11.42 million
+9.97%
24 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0198
$ 10.79M
$ 10.79 million
+0.53%
25 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.00103
$ 9.87M
$ 9.87 million
+9.32%
26 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00449
$ 9.48M
$ 9.48 million
+4.57%
27 Harvest Finance FARM $ 12.86
$ 8.82M
$ 8.82 million
+8.14%
28 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.393
$ 7.89M
$ 7.89 million
+9.73%
29 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0359
$ 7.16M
$ 7.16 million
+7.32%
30 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00727
$ 6.82M
$ 6.82 million
+9.02%
31 Block Block $ 0.00800
$ 5.78M
$ 5.78 million
+14.83%
32 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00452
$ 3.58M
$ 3.58 million
-1.08%
33 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0165
$ 2.56M
$ 2.56 million
+4.96%
34 Yala Token YALA $ 0.00647
$ 1.48M
$ 1.48 million
+5.20%
35 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0383
$ 529,253
$ 529,253
+9.38%
36 Synesis One SNS $ 0.000455
$ 454,887
$ 454,887
+1.84%
37 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00207
$ 427,146
$ 427,146
-0.32%

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38 GALEON GALEON $ 0.0106
$ 8.78M
$ 8.78 million
+13.10%
39 decentral.games DG $ 0.00599
$ 5.56M
$ 5.56 million
+0.00%
40 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.265
$ 5.36M
$ 5.36 million
+3.46%
41 REI Network REI $ 0.00252
$ 2.48M
$ 2.48 million
-0.05%
42 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆162
$ 1.62M
$ 1.62 million
+10.05%
43 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000325
$ 1.62M
$ 1.62 million
+26.07%
44 Prism PRISM $ 0.000574
$ 1.06M
$ 1.06 million
+0.02%
45 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.000821
$ 255,918
$ 255,918
-0.18%
46 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00190
$ 210,893
$ 210,893
-20.83%
47 PsyDAO Token PSY $ 0.00439
$ 196,474
$ 196,474
-5.79%
48 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.00111
$ 196,088
$ 196,088
+0.64%
49 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0805
$ 82,861
$ 82,861
+6.63%
50 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.000866
$ 50,160
$ 50,160
-52.62%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Decred DCR $ 23.22
$ 400.77M
$ 400.77 million
+18.12%
BTR token BTR $ 0.0925
$ 25.43M
$ 25.43 million
+17.62%
Marinade MNDE $ 0.0288
$ 15.72M
$ 15.72 million
+16.89%
Maker MKR $ 1,514.02
$ 146.85M
$ 146.85 million
+14.84%
Block Block $ 0.00800
$ 5.78M
$ 5.78 million
+14.83%
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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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