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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.54
$ 2.24B
$ 2.24 billion
-4.60%
2 Aave AAVE $ 105.90
$ 1.64B
$ 1.64 billion
-6.03%
3 Decred DCR $ 22.19
$ 384.67M
$ 384.67 million
-3.95%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.221
$ 325.39M
$ 325.39 million
-5.45%
5 Compound COMP $ 18.94
$ 188.78M
$ 188.78 million
-2.75%
6 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 47.95
$ 162.08M
$ 162.08 million
+0.07%
7 Maker MKR $ 1,650.76
$ 156.81M
$ 156.81 million
-3.74%
8 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.289
$ 99.67M
$ 99.67 million
-4.03%
9 0x ZRX $ 0.102
$ 86.17M
$ 86.17 million
-3.93%
10 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.0127
$ 61.92M
$ 61.92 million
-1.47%
11 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.195
$ 57.30M
$ 57.30 million
-2.90%
12 Venus XVS $ 2.70
$ 45.89M
$ 45.89 million
-1.42%
13 Mask Network MASK $ 0.426
$ 34.78M
$ 34.78 million
-5.60%
14 Illuvium ILV $ 3.56
$ 32.60M
$ 32.60 million
-5.28%
15 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0776
$ 28.42M
$ 28.42 million
+10.84%
16 UMA UMA $ 0.411
$ 26.75M
$ 26.75 million
-3.27%
17 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00651
$ 25.36M
$ 25.36 million
-6.23%
18 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0811
$ 22.85M
$ 22.85 million
-4.64%
19 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0706
$ 14.16M
$ 14.16 million
-3.81%
20 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0208
$ 11.29M
$ 11.29 million
+1.79%
21 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00169
$ 11.04M
$ 11.04 million
-1.21%
22 Balancer BAL $ 0.150
$ 10.19M
$ 10.19 million
-3.77%
23 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0183
$ 9.97M
$ 9.97 million
-5.26%
24 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0129
$ 9.75M
$ 9.75 million
-4.39%
25 Bitlayer BTR $ 0.0350
$ 9.49M
$ 9.49 million
-8.58%
26 Harvest Finance FARM $ 11.54
$ 7.93M
$ 7.93 million
-3.91%
27 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00375
$ 7.91M
$ 7.91 million
-1.82%
28 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.356
$ 7.17M
$ 7.17 million
-3.42%
29 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00674
$ 6.41M
$ 6.41 million
-3.08%
30 Block Block $ 0.00536
$ 4.01M
$ 4.01 million
-3.80%
31 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00481
$ 3.81M
$ 3.81 million
-1.33%
32 REI Network REI $ 0.00284
$ 2.77M
$ 2.77 million
+12.30%
33 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000288
$ 2.38M
$ 2.38 million
-15.08%
34 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0129
$ 2.13M
$ 2.13 million
-4.08%
35 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0233
$ 442,474
$ 442,474
-7.35%
36 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00103
$ 224,481
$ 224,481
+3.95%

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37 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00868
$ 7.16M
$ 7.16 million
-1.04%
38 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.237
$ 4.86M
$ 4.86 million
-3.93%
39 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆154
$ 1.54M
$ 1.54 million
-5.79%
40 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000278
$ 1.39M
$ 1.39 million
+5.30%
41 Prism PRISM $ 0.000454
$ 833,804
$ 833,804
-5.36%
42 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00139
$ 432,905
$ 432,905
-3.38%
43 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00207
$ 229,506
$ 229,506
+15.00%
44 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.00102
$ 180,255
$ 180,255
+2.62%
45 Yala Token YALA $ 0.000615
$ 172,894
$ 172,894
+21.82%
46 Lossless LSS $ 0.00110
$ 110,303
$ 110,303
-2.67%
47 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.00183
$ 105,781
$ 105,781
+0.00%
48 decentral.games DG $ 0.000112
$ 104,287
$ 104,287
-98.13%
49 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0849
$ 87,378
$ 87,378
-1.62%
50 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000316
$ 79,842
$ 79,842
+24.61%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
REI Network REI $ 0.00284
$ 2.77M
$ 2.77 million
+12.30%
Velvet VELVET $ 0.0776
$ 28.42M
$ 28.42 million
+10.84%
Choise.com CHO $ 0.00103
$ 224,481
$ 224,481
+3.95%
HOPR HOPR $ 0.0208
$ 11.29M
$ 11.29 million
+1.79%
BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 47.95
$ 162.08M
$ 162.08 million
+0.07%
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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