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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.46
$ 2.19B
$ 2.19 billion
+2.79%
2 Aave AAVE $ 117.04
$ 1.80B
$ 1.80 billion
-5.08%
3 Decred DCR $ 23.48
$ 405.68M
$ 405.68 million
+4.43%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.247
$ 361.94M
$ 361.94 million
+3.18%
5 Compound COMP $ 18.22
$ 181.67M
$ 181.67 million
+1.63%
6 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.371
$ 127.70M
$ 127.70 million
+11.68%
7 0x ZRX $ 0.108
$ 91.33M
$ 91.33 million
+1.12%
8 Mantra DAO OM $ 0.0696
$ 82.73M
$ 82.73 million
+8.39%
9 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.204
$ 59.64M
$ 59.64 million
+2.49%
10 Venus XVS $ 3.05
$ 51.92M
$ 51.92 million
-1.06%
11 BTR token BTR $ 0.183
$ 50.37M
$ 50.37 million
+2.33%
12 Mask Network MASK $ 0.455
$ 36.83M
$ 36.83 million
+3.55%
13 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00692
$ 35.08M
$ 35.08 million
+2.98%
14 Illuvium ILV $ 3.83
$ 35.02M
$ 35.02 million
+2.48%
15 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0804
$ 29.27M
$ 29.27 million
+1.02%
16 UMA UMA $ 0.469
$ 28.15M
$ 28.15 million
+0.87%
17 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0867
$ 24.69M
$ 24.69 million
+0.21%
18 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0247
$ 13.51M
$ 13.51 million
+4.22%
19 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0167
$ 11.88M
$ 11.88 million
+0.26%
20 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00177
$ 11.51M
$ 11.51 million
+7.99%
21 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0199
$ 10.81M
$ 10.81 million
-0.07%
22 Balancer BAL $ 0.150
$ 10.23M
$ 10.23 million
+0.87%
23 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000909
$ 8.74M
$ 8.74 million
+0.58%
24 Harvest Finance FARM $ 12.23
$ 8.40M
$ 8.40 million
+3.14%
25 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00376
$ 7.94M
$ 7.94 million
+2.30%
26 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.366
$ 7.32M
$ 7.32 million
+0.90%
27 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0311
$ 6.26M
$ 6.26 million
+2.34%
28 Block Block $ 0.00652
$ 4.68M
$ 4.68 million
-6.24%
29 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00454
$ 3.59M
$ 3.59 million
+5.17%
30 REI Network REI $ 0.00267
$ 2.62M
$ 2.62 million
+3.56%
31 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0153
$ 2.52M
$ 2.52 million
+0.15%
32 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0289
$ 445,976
$ 445,976
-5.54%
33 Synesis One SNS $ 0.000164
$ 415,249
$ 415,249
-0.82%
34 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00190
$ 392,687
$ 392,687
+0.18%
35 Yala Token YALA $ 0.00126
$ 287,834
$ 287,834
+9.22%

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36 Maker MKR $ 1,791.02
$ 171.92M
$ 171.92 million
+19.28%
37 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 48.00
$ 162.24M
$ 162.24 million
+0.04%
38 GALEON GALEON $ 0.0101
$ 8.36M
$ 8.36 million
+3.15%
39 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00680
$ 6.46M
$ 6.46 million
-2.60%
40 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.297
$ 6.07M
$ 6.07 million
+47.19%
41 decentral.games DG $ 0.00599
$ 5.56M
$ 5.56 million
+0.00%
42 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆151
$ 1.51M
$ 1.51 million
+0.90%
43 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000224
$ 1.12M
$ 1.12 million
+1.73%
44 Prism PRISM $ 0.000562
$ 1.03M
$ 1.03 million
+0.78%
45 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00118
$ 367,631
$ 367,631
+2.32%
46 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00190
$ 210,893
$ 210,893
+5.56%
47 PsyDAO Token PSY $ 0.00466
$ 208,497
$ 208,497
+11.17%
48 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.00110
$ 195,733
$ 195,733
+1.38%
49 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0783
$ 80,666
$ 80,666
-0.09%
50 Moon Rabbit AAA $ 0.0₇623
$ 19,438
$ 19,438
-8.52%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.371
$ 127.70M
$ 127.70 million
+11.68%
Yala Token YALA $ 0.00126
$ 287,834
$ 287,834
+9.22%
Mantra DAO OM $ 0.0696
$ 82.73M
$ 82.73 million
+8.39%
Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00177
$ 11.51M
$ 11.51 million
+7.99%
Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00454
$ 3.59M
$ 3.59 million
+5.17%
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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