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# Coins Live Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 2.56
$ 1.59B
$ 1.59 billion
+4.63%
2 Aave AAVE $ 63.41
$ 982.04M
$ 982.04 million
+4.85%
3 ARBITRUM ARB $ 0.0825
$ 515.84M
$ 515.84 million
+3.78%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.196
$ 289.44M
$ 289.44 million
+6.05%
5 Decred DCR $ 12.48
$ 217.91M
$ 217.91 million
+1.35%
6 Ethereum Name Service ENS $ 4.70
$ 189.75M
$ 189.75 million
+4.08%
7 Compound COMP $ 16.43
$ 164.22M
$ 164.22 million
+1.95%
8 Maker MKR $ 1,339.43
$ 120.96M
$ 120.96 million
+3.51%
9 Velvet VELVET $ 0.247
$ 103.75M
$ 103.75 million
+33.51%
10 ApeCoin APE $ 0.122
$ 91.46M
$ 91.46 million
+0.49%
11 Fluid FLUID $ 1.09
$ 85.07M
$ 85.07 million
+2.21%
12 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.244
$ 83.95M
$ 83.95 million
+4.36%
13 0x ZRX $ 0.0842
$ 71.47M
$ 71.47 million
+3.16%
14 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.171
$ 49.31M
$ 49.31 million
+1.48%
15 Venus XVS $ 2.34
$ 39.99M
$ 39.99 million
+4.04%
16 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.00731
$ 37.71M
$ 37.71 million
+5.71%
17 Mask Network MASK $ 0.359
$ 35.97M
$ 35.97 million
+2.84%
18 Illuvium ILV $ 3.35
$ 30.69M
$ 30.69 million
+2.85%
19 UMA UMA $ 0.385
$ 24.23M
$ 24.23 million
+4.61%
20 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0530
$ 21.63M
$ 21.63 million
+2.55%
21 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00541
$ 20.58M
$ 20.58 million
+3.15%
22 Yield Guild Games YGG $ 0.0261
$ 19.24M
$ 19.24 million
+3.06%
23 SuperRare RARE $ 0.0132
$ 10.86M
$ 10.86 million
+3.86%
24 Checkmate CHECK $ 0.0578
$ 9.89M
$ 9.89 million
+0.07%
25 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0179
$ 9.81M
$ 9.81 million
-0.79%
26 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0165
$ 8.97M
$ 8.97 million
+2.46%
27 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0102
$ 8.38M
$ 8.38 million
+2.80%
28 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0411
$ 8.30M
$ 8.30 million
+45.64%
29 Gitcoin GTC $ 0.0754
$ 7.54M
$ 7.54 million
+2.84%
30 Balancer BAL $ 0.110
$ 7.48M
$ 7.48 million
+6.08%
31 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00106
$ 7.17M
$ 7.17 million
+0.30%
32 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.348
$ 6.79M
$ 6.79 million
+0.77%
33 MESSIER M87 $ 0.0₅510
$ 5.10M
$ 5.10 million
+7.08%
34 Bitlayer BTR $ 0.0202
$ 5.09M
$ 5.09 million
+4.51%
35 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00228
$ 4.82M
$ 4.82 million
+4.45%
36 Alephium ALPH $ 0.0346
$ 4.62M
$ 4.62 million
+2.75%
37 Harvest Finance FARM $ 5.19
$ 3.56M
$ 3.56 million
+4.38%
38 Block Block $ 0.00379
$ 3.07M
$ 3.07 million
+1.71%
39 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0104
$ 1.94M
$ 1.94 million
+0.00%
40 Step App FITFI $ 0.000264
$ 1.21M
$ 1.21 million
-3.25%
41 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00300
$ 1.09M
$ 1.09 million
+1.96%

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42 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 64.39
$ 217.65M
$ 217.65 million
+0.95%
43 Inverse Finance INV $ 46.32
$ 10.95M
$ 10.95 million
+318.36%
44 Ambire Wallet WALLET $ 0.0139
$ 10.11M
$ 10.11 million
+14.09%
45 VoltInu VOLT $ 0.0₇417
$ 5.75M
$ 5.75 million
+4.15%
46 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.272
$ 5.57M
$ 5.57 million
+7.70%
47 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00632
$ 5.22M
$ 5.22 million
+0.53%
48 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00476
$ 4.52M
$ 4.52 million
+6.89%
49 Cult DAO CULT $ 0.0₆676
$ 3.75M
$ 3.75 million
+10.01%
50 Cryptex CTX $ 0.362
$ 3.39M
$ 3.39 million
+7.68%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Live Price Market cap 24h
DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0411
$ 8.30M
$ 8.30 million
+45.64%
Velvet VELVET $ 0.247
$ 103.75M
$ 103.75 million
+33.51%
MESSIER M87 $ 0.0₅510
$ 5.10M
$ 5.10 million
+7.08%
Balancer BAL $ 0.110
$ 7.48M
$ 7.48 million
+6.08%
Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.196
$ 289.44M
$ 289.44 million
+6.05%
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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