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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.92
$ 2.48B
$ 2.48 billion
-2.88%
2 Aave AAVE $ 110.23
$ 1.70B
$ 1.70 billion
-2.83%
3 Decred DCR $ 26.35
$ 456.34M
$ 456.34 million
-1.89%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.229
$ 336.01M
$ 336.01 million
-4.28%
5 Compound COMP $ 18.40
$ 183.47M
$ 183.47 million
-1.13%
6 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.305
$ 105.05M
$ 105.05 million
-3.42%
7 0x ZRX $ 0.105
$ 88.88M
$ 88.88 million
-2.89%
8 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.0151
$ 72.04M
$ 72.04 million
-4.53%
9 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.206
$ 60.33M
$ 60.33 million
-2.21%
10 Venus XVS $ 2.95
$ 50.28M
$ 50.28 million
-2.66%
11 Mask Network MASK $ 0.451
$ 36.83M
$ 36.83 million
-1.20%
12 Illuvium ILV $ 3.94
$ 36.07M
$ 36.07 million
-3.62%
13 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00709
$ 35.91M
$ 35.91 million
-5.98%
14 Bitlayer BTR $ 0.119
$ 32.87M
$ 32.87 million
-0.16%
15 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0812
$ 29.68M
$ 29.68 million
+2.04%
16 UMA UMA $ 0.439
$ 26.53M
$ 26.53 million
+0.78%
17 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0914
$ 24.19M
$ 24.19 million
-1.03%
18 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0220
$ 11.99M
$ 11.99 million
+1.04%
19 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0150
$ 11.20M
$ 11.20 million
-3.72%
20 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00171
$ 11.14M
$ 11.14 million
-12.28%
21 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0204
$ 11.10M
$ 11.10 million
+0.60%
22 Balancer BAL $ 0.149
$ 10.18M
$ 10.18 million
-2.50%
23 Harvest Finance FARM $ 13.64
$ 9.37M
$ 9.37 million
-1.05%
24 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00425
$ 8.96M
$ 8.96 million
+14.26%
25 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.393
$ 7.88M
$ 7.88 million
-0.18%
26 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000810
$ 7.81M
$ 7.81 million
+3.01%
27 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0335
$ 6.68M
$ 6.68 million
-3.44%
28 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00612
$ 4.85M
$ 4.85 million
-9.04%
29 Block Block $ 0.00603
$ 4.33M
$ 4.33 million
+0.62%
30 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0143
$ 2.36M
$ 2.36 million
-0.01%
31 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0400
$ 736,879
$ 736,879
-1.51%

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32 Maker MKR $ 1,768.03
$ 168.62M
$ 168.62 million
-6.09%
33 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 47.91
$ 161.93M
$ 161.93 million
-0.12%
34 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00964
$ 7.95M
$ 7.95 million
-0.50%
35 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00673
$ 6.45M
$ 6.45 million
+0.01%
36 decentral.games DG $ 0.00599
$ 5.56M
$ 5.56 million
+0.00%
37 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.197
$ 4.04M
$ 4.04 million
+3.53%
38 REI Network REI $ 0.00256
$ 2.53M
$ 2.53 million
-0.61%
39 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆157
$ 1.57M
$ 1.57 million
-0.83%
40 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000281
$ 1.40M
$ 1.40 million
+0.75%
41 Prism PRISM $ 0.000483
$ 885,582
$ 885,582
+0.21%
42 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00121
$ 377,108
$ 377,108
-0.30%
43 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00214
$ 237,930
$ 237,930
+19.77%
44 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00102
$ 212,652
$ 212,652
-1.18%
45 Yala Token YALA $ 0.000728
$ 204,322
$ 204,322
-6.66%
46 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.00101
$ 178,436
$ 178,436
-0.40%
47 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.00183
$ 105,781
$ 105,781
+0.00%
48 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0822
$ 84,627
$ 84,627
-0.70%
49 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000323
$ 81,591
$ 81,591
+21.99%
50 Moon Rabbit AAA $ 0.0₇650
$ 20,280
$ 20,280
-2.40%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Towns TOWNS $ 0.00425
$ 8.96M
$ 8.96 million
+14.26%
Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000810
$ 7.81M
$ 7.81 million
+3.01%
Velvet VELVET $ 0.0812
$ 29.68M
$ 29.68 million
+2.04%
Marinade MNDE $ 0.0220
$ 11.99M
$ 11.99 million
+1.04%
UMA UMA $ 0.439
$ 26.53M
$ 26.53 million
+0.78%
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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