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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.45
$ 2.20B
$ 2.20 billion
+4.76%
2 Aave AAVE $ 116.29
$ 1.80B
$ 1.80 billion
+9.00%
3 Decred DCR $ 20.22
$ 351.54M
$ 351.54 million
-1.40%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.235
$ 345.26M
$ 345.26 million
+3.88%
5 Compound COMP $ 24.69
$ 246.04M
$ 246.04 million
+8.05%
6 Maker MKR $ 1,809.07
$ 165.31M
$ 165.31 million
-15.24%
7 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 48.11
$ 162.43M
$ 162.43 million
+0.25%
8 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.309
$ 106.29M
$ 106.29 million
+2.51%
9 0x ZRX $ 0.112
$ 95.06M
$ 95.06 million
+2.54%
10 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.216
$ 62.32M
$ 62.32 million
+1.32%
11 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.0112
$ 54.23M
$ 54.23 million
+2.13%
12 Venus XVS $ 3.06
$ 51.90M
$ 51.90 million
+13.07%
13 Illuvium ILV $ 4.59
$ 41.94M
$ 41.94 million
+4.32%
14 Mask Network MASK $ 0.480
$ 40.59M
$ 40.59 million
+5.86%
15 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00822
$ 32.02M
$ 32.02 million
+5.29%
16 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0957
$ 31.85M
$ 31.85 million
+12.38%
17 UMA UMA $ 0.471
$ 30.31M
$ 30.31 million
+6.61%
18 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0732
$ 26.85M
$ 26.85 million
-9.04%
19 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0154
$ 12.15M
$ 12.15 million
+6.90%
20 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0223
$ 12.12M
$ 12.12 million
-1.75%
21 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00183
$ 11.95M
$ 11.95 million
+5.67%
22 Balancer BAL $ 0.160
$ 10.89M
$ 10.89 million
+2.82%
23 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0192
$ 10.58M
$ 10.58 million
+1.39%
24 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0475
$ 9.17M
$ 9.17 million
-1.73%
25 Harvest Finance FARM $ 12.01
$ 8.26M
$ 8.26 million
+2.20%
26 Bitlayer BTR $ 0.0302
$ 8.16M
$ 8.16 million
+1.08%
27 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.392
$ 7.88M
$ 7.88 million
+1.06%
28 Checkmate CHECK $ 0.0458
$ 7.39M
$ 7.39 million
+44.61%
29 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00341
$ 7.20M
$ 7.20 million
+1.36%
30 REI Network REI $ 0.00304
$ 2.99M
$ 2.99 million
+0.48%
31 Block Block $ 0.00354
$ 2.65M
$ 2.65 million
-7.10%
32 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0114
$ 1.89M
$ 1.89 million
-0.07%
33 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00468
$ 1.69M
$ 1.69 million
-9.71%
34 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.0000928
$ 839,526
$ 839,526
+7.32%

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35 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.353
$ 7.21M
$ 7.21 million
-15.18%
36 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00643
$ 6.11M
$ 6.11 million
-0.35%
37 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00705
$ 5.81M
$ 5.81 million
-3.07%
38 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆165
$ 1.65M
$ 1.65 million
+0.63%
39 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000231
$ 1.15M
$ 1.15 million
-2.08%
40 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00204
$ 635,738
$ 635,738
-1.34%
41 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00236
$ 514,308
$ 514,308
+2.96%
42 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0206
$ 410,147
$ 410,147
+5.04%
43 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00237
$ 263,234
$ 263,234
+1.40%
44 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.00183
$ 202,797
$ 202,797
+136.42%
45 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.000967
$ 171,426
$ 171,426
-2.36%
46 PsyDAO Token PSY $ 0.00373
$ 165,845
$ 165,845
-10.12%
47 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000566
$ 142,998
$ 142,998
+7.50%
48 Yala Token YALA $ 0.000473
$ 134,718
$ 134,718
-1.28%
49 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0841
$ 86,538
$ 86,538
+0.81%
50 Moon Rabbit AAA $ 0.0₇583
$ 18,190
$ 18,190
-1.52%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Checkmate CHECK $ 0.0458
$ 7.39M
$ 7.39 million
+44.61%
Venus XVS $ 3.06
$ 51.90M
$ 51.90 million
+13.07%
Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0957
$ 31.85M
$ 31.85 million
+12.38%
Aave AAVE $ 116.29
$ 1.80B
$ 1.80 billion
+9.00%
Compound COMP $ 24.69
$ 246.04M
$ 246.04 million
+8.05%
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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