DAO tokens

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# Coins Live Price Market cap 24h
1 Bittensor TAO $ 232.09
$ 2.56B
$ 2.56 billion
+0.66%
2 Uniswap UNI $ 3.06
$ 1.90B
$ 1.90 billion
+2.95%
3 Aave AAVE $ 75.85
$ 1.17B
$ 1.17 billion
+0.31%
4 Midnight NIGHT $ 0.0336
$ 557.50M
$ 557.50 million
+3.74%
5 ARBITRUM ARB $ 0.0844
$ 537.44M
$ 537.44 million
+0.52%
6 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.209
$ 307.93M
$ 307.93 million
-2.88%
7 Decred DCR $ 11.76
$ 205.56M
$ 205.56 million
-2.34%
8 Velvet VELVET $ 0.478
$ 201.29M
$ 201.29 million
-4.88%
9 Ethereum Name Service ENS $ 4.73
$ 191.17M
$ 191.17 million
-0.50%
10 Compound COMP $ 18.04
$ 180.24M
$ 180.24 million
+0.69%
11 ApeCoin APE $ 0.139
$ 104.64M
$ 104.64 million
+1.32%
12 RaveDAO RAVE $ 0.400
$ 99.74M
$ 99.74 million
+18.66%
13 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.241
$ 82.93M
$ 82.93 million
-1.32%
14 Fluid FLUID $ 0.998
$ 78.51M
$ 78.51 million
-1.18%
15 0x ZRX $ 0.0848
$ 71.90M
$ 71.90 million
-0.48%
16 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.177
$ 51.24M
$ 51.24 million
-0.14%
17 Venus XVS $ 2.70
$ 46.14M
$ 46.14 million
-0.55%
18 Mask Network MASK $ 0.402
$ 40.24M
$ 40.24 million
-0.67%
19 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.00747
$ 39.63M
$ 39.63 million
+0.58%
20 Bedrock BR $ 0.146
$ 38.10M
$ 38.10 million
+4.39%
21 Illuvium ILV $ 3.38
$ 30.96M
$ 30.96 million
-4.38%
22 UMA UMA $ 0.419
$ 27.46M
$ 27.46 million
-1.22%
23 Venom VENOM $ 0.0116
$ 26.85M
$ 26.85 million
-2.47%
24 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0545
$ 23.88M
$ 23.88 million
-5.06%
25 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00563
$ 21.36M
$ 21.36 million
+1.35%
26 Yield Guild Games YGG $ 0.0266
$ 20.32M
$ 20.32 million
-3.24%
27 Lisk LSK $ 0.0882
$ 19.37M
$ 19.37 million
-1.98%
28 ChainGPT CGPT $ 0.0204
$ 19.04M
$ 19.04 million
+1.26%
29 SuperRare RARE $ 0.0133
$ 10.88M
$ 10.88 million
-8.37%
30 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0190
$ 10.39M
$ 10.39 million
+7.10%
31 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0177
$ 9.61M
$ 9.61 million
-0.37%
32 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0102
$ 8.53M
$ 8.53 million
-10.60%
33 Gitcoin GTC $ 0.0774
$ 7.73M
$ 7.73 million
-2.43%
34 Alephium ALPH $ 0.0541
$ 7.27M
$ 7.27 million
+2.27%
35 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00102
$ 6.91M
$ 6.91 million
-7.90%
36 Balancer BAL $ 0.0985
$ 6.71M
$ 6.71 million
+0.25%
37 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.342
$ 6.54M
$ 6.54 million
-0.29%
38 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0314
$ 6.36M
$ 6.36 million
+0.61%
39 MESSIER M87 $ 0.0₅590
$ 5.90M
$ 5.90 million
-0.05%
40 Checkmate CHECK $ 0.0307
$ 5.22M
$ 5.22 million
-14.14%
41 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00218
$ 4.60M
$ 4.60 million
-1.21%
42 Harvest Finance FARM $ 5.50
$ 3.79M
$ 3.79 million
-6.16%
43 Cryptex CTX $ 0.331
$ 3.10M
$ 3.10 million
-5.20%
44 Block Block $ 0.00301
$ 2.43M
$ 2.43 million
+0.78%
45 NodeOps NODE $ 0.00713
$ 1.29M
$ 1.29 million
-4.13%
46 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00323
$ 1.17M
$ 1.17 million
+5.55%

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47 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 64.01
$ 216.35M
$ 216.35 million
+0.62%
48 Maker MKR $ 1,537.90
$ 138.81M
$ 138.81 million
+13.90%
49 Ambire Wallet WALLET $ 0.0178
$ 12.91M
$ 12.91 million
+1.78%
50 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.307
$ 6.29M
$ 6.29 million
-2.57%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Live Price Market cap 24h
RaveDAO RAVE $ 0.400
$ 99.74M
$ 99.74 million
+18.66%
Marinade MNDE $ 0.0190
$ 10.39M
$ 10.39 million
+7.10%
Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00323
$ 1.17M
$ 1.17 million
+5.55%
Bedrock BR $ 0.146
$ 38.10M
$ 38.10 million
+4.39%
Midnight NIGHT $ 0.0336
$ 557.50M
$ 557.50 million
+3.74%
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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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