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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.75
$ 2.38B
$ 2.38 billion
-2.62%
2 Aave AAVE $ 108.35
$ 1.67B
$ 1.67 billion
-2.20%
3 Decred DCR $ 28.41
$ 491.86M
$ 491.86 million
-1.44%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.235
$ 344.04M
$ 344.04 million
-3.18%
5 Compound COMP $ 17.08
$ 170.34M
$ 170.34 million
-2.05%
6 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 48.01
$ 162.27M
$ 162.27 million
+0.03%
7 Maker MKR $ 1,693.53
$ 161.51M
$ 161.51 million
+0.56%
8 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.305
$ 105.11M
$ 105.11 million
-4.80%
9 0x ZRX $ 0.102
$ 86.97M
$ 86.97 million
-1.55%
10 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.0182
$ 86.55M
$ 86.55 million
-1.63%
11 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.193
$ 56.42M
$ 56.42 million
-3.01%
12 Venus XVS $ 2.94
$ 49.99M
$ 49.99 million
-2.07%
13 BTR token BTR $ 0.150
$ 41.23M
$ 41.23 million
-17.17%
14 Mask Network MASK $ 0.427
$ 34.52M
$ 34.52 million
-2.11%
15 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00675
$ 34.23M
$ 34.23 million
-1.74%
16 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0914
$ 33.29M
$ 33.29 million
-3.06%
17 Illuvium ILV $ 3.47
$ 31.73M
$ 31.73 million
-2.79%
18 UMA UMA $ 0.407
$ 24.28M
$ 24.28 million
-2.44%
19 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0822
$ 23.37M
$ 23.37 million
-3.82%
20 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0216
$ 11.82M
$ 11.82 million
-2.25%
21 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0205
$ 11.13M
$ 11.13 million
-3.61%
22 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0148
$ 10.87M
$ 10.87 million
-5.24%
23 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00161
$ 10.44M
$ 10.44 million
-2.79%
24 Balancer BAL $ 0.145
$ 9.90M
$ 9.90 million
-3.42%
25 Harvest Finance FARM $ 13.07
$ 8.97M
$ 8.97 million
+7.65%
26 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000808
$ 7.78M
$ 7.78 million
-1.71%
27 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.379
$ 7.58M
$ 7.58 million
-0.18%
28 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00337
$ 7.10M
$ 7.10 million
+0.07%
29 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0335
$ 6.85M
$ 6.85 million
-2.17%
30 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00620
$ 4.91M
$ 4.91 million
-8.44%
31 Block Block $ 0.00588
$ 4.23M
$ 4.23 million
-0.32%
32 REI Network REI $ 0.00250
$ 2.46M
$ 2.46 million
+2.46%
33 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0142
$ 2.28M
$ 2.28 million
-2.67%
34 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00106
$ 221,157
$ 221,157
-0.02%

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35 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00945
$ 7.80M
$ 7.80 million
-0.84%
36 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00677
$ 6.44M
$ 6.44 million
-0.48%
37 decentral.games DG $ 0.00599
$ 5.56M
$ 5.56 million
+0.00%
38 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.184
$ 3.77M
$ 3.77 million
-0.17%
39 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆148
$ 1.48M
$ 1.48 million
-0.41%
40 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000215
$ 1.07M
$ 1.07 million
-1.24%
41 Prism PRISM $ 0.000536
$ 983,230
$ 983,230
+0.85%
42 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0356
$ 606,093
$ 606,093
-0.32%
43 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00138
$ 428,741
$ 428,741
-0.91%
44 Yala Token YALA $ 0.00100
$ 279,068
$ 279,068
+0.15%
45 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00204
$ 226,123
$ 226,123
+21.83%
46 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.00105
$ 185,858
$ 185,858
+3.20%
47 PsyDAO Token PSY $ 0.00290
$ 129,750
$ 129,750
+0.70%
48 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.000793
$ 88,034
$ 88,034
-56.59%
49 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000257
$ 64,823
$ 64,823
+38.87%
50 Live Stars LIVE $ 0.000187
$ 30,585
$ 30,585
-10.79%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Harvest Finance FARM $ 13.07
$ 8.97M
$ 8.97 million
+7.65%
REI Network REI $ 0.00250
$ 2.46M
$ 2.46 million
+2.46%
Maker MKR $ 1,693.53
$ 161.51M
$ 161.51 million
+0.56%
Towns TOWNS $ 0.00337
$ 7.10M
$ 7.10 million
+0.07%
BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 48.01
$ 162.27M
$ 162.27 million
+0.03%
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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