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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.56
$ 2.26B
$ 2.26 billion
+0.86%
2 Aave AAVE $ 110.44
$ 1.71B
$ 1.71 billion
-0.47%
3 Decred DCR $ 25.99
$ 450.36M
$ 450.36 million
-1.00%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.235
$ 344.23M
$ 344.23 million
+1.26%
5 Compound COMP $ 19.11
$ 190.62M
$ 190.62 million
+3.29%
6 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.321
$ 110.41M
$ 110.41 million
+4.74%
7 0x ZRX $ 0.106
$ 89.89M
$ 89.89 million
+1.81%
8 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.0141
$ 67.23M
$ 67.23 million
+0.00%
9 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.201
$ 58.79M
$ 58.79 million
+0.54%
10 Venus XVS $ 2.91
$ 49.44M
$ 49.44 million
-1.31%
11 Mask Network MASK $ 0.464
$ 37.85M
$ 37.85 million
+4.36%
12 Bitlayer BTR $ 0.134
$ 36.30M
$ 36.30 million
+26.12%
13 Illuvium ILV $ 3.78
$ 34.61M
$ 34.61 million
+0.62%
14 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00655
$ 33.16M
$ 33.16 million
-0.02%
15 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0850
$ 31.07M
$ 31.07 million
+3.45%
16 UMA UMA $ 0.437
$ 26.38M
$ 26.38 million
+2.33%
17 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0877
$ 24.82M
$ 24.82 million
+1.08%
18 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00180
$ 11.72M
$ 11.72 million
+3.02%
19 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0210
$ 11.45M
$ 11.45 million
-1.36%
20 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0209
$ 11.33M
$ 11.33 million
+0.77%
21 Balancer BAL $ 0.160
$ 10.90M
$ 10.90 million
+5.44%
22 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0139
$ 10.57M
$ 10.57 million
-1.00%
23 Harvest Finance FARM $ 12.87
$ 8.84M
$ 8.84 million
+0.89%
24 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00388
$ 8.18M
$ 8.18 million
-2.99%
25 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.380
$ 7.61M
$ 7.61 million
+0.85%
26 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0339
$ 6.69M
$ 6.69 million
-0.02%
27 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000492
$ 4.75M
$ 4.75 million
-6.36%
28 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00514
$ 4.07M
$ 4.07 million
+0.24%
29 Block Block $ 0.00545
$ 3.90M
$ 3.90 million
-0.89%
30 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0143
$ 2.36M
$ 2.36 million
-1.61%
31 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0241
$ 456,217
$ 456,217
+8.22%
32 Choise.com CHO $ 0.000961
$ 207,089
$ 207,089
-5.24%

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33 Maker MKR $ 1,730.66
$ 164.39M
$ 164.39 million
-0.28%
34 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 47.96
$ 162.12M
$ 162.12 million
-0.13%
35 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00876
$ 7.23M
$ 7.23 million
+2.34%
36 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00655
$ 6.22M
$ 6.22 million
+0.40%
37 decentral.games DG $ 0.00599
$ 5.56M
$ 5.56 million
+0.00%
38 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.256
$ 5.23M
$ 5.23 million
-0.55%
39 REI Network REI $ 0.00263
$ 2.56M
$ 2.56 million
+3.66%
40 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆155
$ 1.55M
$ 1.55 million
-1.92%
41 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000298
$ 1.49M
$ 1.49 million
-1.55%
42 Prism PRISM $ 0.000477
$ 875,184
$ 875,184
-0.15%
43 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00167
$ 520,597
$ 520,597
+2.97%
44 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00179
$ 198,232
$ 198,232
+0.40%
45 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.00102
$ 180,929
$ 180,929
+1.17%
46 Yala Token YALA $ 0.000467
$ 131,591
$ 131,591
-1.94%
47 PsyDAO Token PSY $ 0.00289
$ 128,838
$ 128,838
+0.29%
48 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.00183
$ 105,781
$ 105,781
+0.00%
49 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000364
$ 92,002
$ 92,002
-9.74%
50 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0854
$ 87,967
$ 87,967
+0.82%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Bitlayer BTR $ 0.134
$ 36.30M
$ 36.30 million
+26.12%
OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0241
$ 456,217
$ 456,217
+8.22%
Balancer BAL $ 0.160
$ 10.90M
$ 10.90 million
+5.44%
Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.321
$ 110.41M
$ 110.41 million
+4.74%
Mask Network MASK $ 0.464
$ 37.85M
$ 37.85 million
+4.36%
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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