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1 Uniswap UNI $8.93
$5.55B
$5.55 billion
+1.81%
2 Bittensor TAO $279.66
$3.22B
$3.22 billion
+11.14%
3 Aave AAVE $146.40
$2.26B
$2.26 billion
+7.81%
4 SKY Governance Token SKY $0.0723
$1.69B
$1.69 billion
+6.48%
5 ARBITRUM ARB $0.224
$1.52B
$1.52 billion
+4.20%
6 Curve DAO Token CRV $0.357
$556.47M
$556.47 million
+6.59%
7 Midnight NIGHT $0.0241
$399.50M
$399.50 million
+1.47%
8 Lido DAO Token LDO $0.438
$364.97M
$364.97 million
+8.73%
9 Bedrock BR $1.10
$334.94M
$334.94 million
-2.93%
10 Decred DCR $17.63
$310.50M
$310.50 million
+1.45%
11 Ethereum Name Service ENS $6.66
$280.95M
$280.95 million
+8.61%
12 Compound COMP $22.31
$222.97M
$222.97 million
+7.31%
13 Dexe DEXE $1.89
$158.18M
$158.18 million
+3.82%
14 ApeCoin APE $0.143
$142.84M
$142.84 million
+5.62%
15 Synthetix Network SNX $0.237
$137.74M
$137.74 million
+6.67%
16 Fluid FLUID $1.37
$114.33M
$114.33 million
+7.34%
17 Lisk LSK $0.393
$111.44M
$111.44 million
+5.33%
18 0x ZRX $0.117
$99.68M
$99.68 million
+2.31%
19 Wormhole W $0.0120
$77.90M
$77.90 million
+10.89%
20 SUSHI SUSHI $0.258
$75.42M
$75.42 million
+7.87%
21 Venus XVS $3.25
$55.57M
$55.57 million
+4.54%
22 aelf ELF $0.0614
$52.52M
$52.52 million
+0.29%
23 RaveDAO RAVE $0.212
$50.51M
$50.51 million
+5.14%
24 Mask Network MASK $0.487
$48.55M
$48.55 million
+7.03%
25 Lista DAO LISTA $0.0819
$38.54M
$38.54 million
+3.46%
26 Venom VENOM $0.0158
$36.59M
$36.59 million
-14.13%
27 Illuvium ILV $3.62
$33.20M
$33.20 million
+5.11%
28 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $0.00901
$29.07M
$29.07 million
+5.28%
29 Velvet VELVET $0.0618
$28.66M
$28.66 million
+5.22%
30 MANTRA MANTRA $0.00442
$28.62M
$28.62 million
+2.33%
31 UMA UMA $0.396
$27.09M
$27.09 million
+5.49%
32 MESSIER M87 $0.0000263
$26.26M
$26.26 million
+18.47%
33 Yield Guild Games YGG $0.0262
$24.14M
$24.14 million
+6.84%
34 ChainGPT CGPT $0.0213
$19.83M
$19.83 million
+7.82%
35 SuperRare RARE $0.0132
$10.82M
$10.82 million
+7.36%
36 Alien Worlds TLM $0.00149
$10.49M
$10.49 million
+3.87%
37 Gitcoin GTC $0.0871
$8.71M
$8.71 million
+6.00%
38 TokenFi TOKEN $0.00212
$8.49M
$8.49 million
+5.78%
39 Balancer BAL $0.121
$8.48M
$8.48 million
+5.24%
40 Alephium ALPH $0.0585
$8.00M
$8.00 million
+0.48%
41 Hashflow HFT $0.00605
$5.60M
$5.60 million
+1.80%
42 DAO Maker DAO $0.0234
$4.63M
$4.63 million
+3.30%
43 Towns TOWNS $0.00207
$4.28M
$4.28 million
+2.25%
44 Cryptex CTX $0.422
$3.96M
$3.96 million
+1.82%
45 Ampleforth Governance Token FORTH $0.285
$3.57M
$3.57 million
+5.85%
46 Rarible RARI $0.117
$2.96M
$2.96 million
+15.01%
47 NodeOps NODE $0.00621
$1.85M
$1.85 million
-1.12%
48 Checkmate CHECK $0.0114
$1.71M
$1.71 million
+6.38%
49 Block Block $0.00116
$659,888
$659,888
-12.82%
50 Humanode HMND $0.00148
$380,238
$380,238
+2.12%
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Trending DAO tokens

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Coins Live Price Market cap 24h
MESSIER M87 $0.0000263
$26.26M
$26.26 million
+18.47%
Rarible RARI $0.117
$2.95M
$2.95 million
+14.66%
Bittensor TAO $279.66
$3.22B
$3.22 billion
+11.36%
Wormhole W $0.0120
$77.92M
$77.92 million
+10.92%
Lido DAO Token LDO $0.438
$365.25M
$365.25 million
+8.81%
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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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