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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.91
$ 2.48B
$ 2.48 billion
-0.44%
2 Aave AAVE $ 111.11
$ 1.72B
$ 1.72 billion
-0.80%
3 Decred DCR $ 26.46
$ 458.49M
$ 458.49 million
-5.75%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.235
$ 344.33M
$ 344.33 million
-0.36%
5 Compound COMP $ 17.94
$ 178.87M
$ 178.87 million
-2.87%
6 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.313
$ 107.80M
$ 107.80 million
-0.80%
7 0x ZRX $ 0.104
$ 88.62M
$ 88.62 million
-0.94%
8 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.0161
$ 76.49M
$ 76.49 million
-4.29%
9 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.207
$ 60.51M
$ 60.51 million
+2.03%
10 Venus XVS $ 3.03
$ 51.56M
$ 51.56 million
+2.48%
11 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00751
$ 38.09M
$ 38.09 million
-0.47%
12 Illuvium ILV $ 4.13
$ 37.74M
$ 37.74 million
+3.54%
13 Mask Network MASK $ 0.442
$ 36.04M
$ 36.04 million
-0.06%
14 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0787
$ 28.79M
$ 28.79 million
-0.84%
15 Bitlayer BTR $ 0.101
$ 27.87M
$ 27.87 million
-32.27%
16 UMA UMA $ 0.426
$ 25.73M
$ 25.73 million
+2.62%
17 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0900
$ 24.54M
$ 24.54 million
+2.60%
18 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0216
$ 11.84M
$ 11.84 million
-0.04%
19 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0155
$ 11.39M
$ 11.39 million
+1.83%
20 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00168
$ 10.92M
$ 10.92 million
-1.93%
21 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0201
$ 10.92M
$ 10.92 million
+0.88%
22 Balancer BAL $ 0.155
$ 10.65M
$ 10.65 million
+4.67%
23 Harvest Finance FARM $ 13.69
$ 9.41M
$ 9.41 million
+0.23%
24 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000856
$ 8.24M
$ 8.24 million
-0.98%
25 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.396
$ 7.92M
$ 7.92 million
-0.13%
26 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00371
$ 7.83M
$ 7.83 million
-9.17%
27 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0345
$ 6.88M
$ 6.88 million
-4.18%
28 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00662
$ 5.23M
$ 5.23 million
-3.53%
29 Block Block $ 0.00586
$ 4.22M
$ 4.22 million
-3.03%
30 REI Network REI $ 0.00249
$ 2.45M
$ 2.45 million
+0.48%
31 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0144
$ 2.37M
$ 2.37 million
+1.99%
32 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0397
$ 731,772
$ 731,772
-2.16%
33 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00101
$ 210,516
$ 210,516
+0.26%
34 Yala Token YALA $ 0.000692
$ 194,376
$ 194,376
-20.04%

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35 Maker MKR $ 1,909.12
$ 180.52M
$ 180.52 million
+1.37%
36 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 48.02
$ 162.31M
$ 162.31 million
+0.05%
37 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00893
$ 7.37M
$ 7.37 million
-5.15%
38 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00678
$ 6.37M
$ 6.37 million
-0.78%
39 decentral.games DG $ 0.00599
$ 5.56M
$ 5.56 million
+0.00%
40 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.190
$ 3.88M
$ 3.88 million
-0.56%
41 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆151
$ 1.51M
$ 1.51 million
-2.75%
42 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000268
$ 1.33M
$ 1.33 million
+2.85%
43 Prism PRISM $ 0.000487
$ 893,586
$ 893,586
-0.00%
44 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00122
$ 381,049
$ 381,049
-1.11%
45 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00175
$ 194,308
$ 194,308
-18.44%
46 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.000998
$ 176,975
$ 176,975
+1.79%
47 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.00183
$ 105,781
$ 105,781
+0.00%
48 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000374
$ 94,355
$ 94,355
+24.47%
49 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0815
$ 83,884
$ 83,884
+0.80%
50 Moon Rabbit AAA $ 0.0₇665
$ 20,592
$ 20,592
-0.75%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Balancer BAL $ 0.155
$ 10.65M
$ 10.65 million
+4.67%
Illuvium ILV $ 4.13
$ 37.74M
$ 37.74 million
+3.54%
UMA UMA $ 0.426
$ 25.73M
$ 25.73 million
+2.62%
Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0900
$ 24.54M
$ 24.54 million
+2.60%
Venus XVS $ 3.03
$ 51.56M
$ 51.56 million
+2.48%
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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