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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.36
$ 2.13B
$ 2.13 billion
-1.75%
2 Aave AAVE $ 95.46
$ 1.48B
$ 1.48 billion
-3.06%
3 Decred DCR $ 19.96
$ 346.19M
$ 346.19 million
-3.94%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.208
$ 305.71M
$ 305.71 million
-3.89%
5 Compound COMP $ 17.98
$ 179.37M
$ 179.37 million
-3.42%
6 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 47.90
$ 161.90M
$ 161.90 million
-0.01%
7 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.278
$ 95.56M
$ 95.56 million
-1.94%
8 0x ZRX $ 0.0984
$ 83.45M
$ 83.45 million
-2.70%
9 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.0114
$ 55.03M
$ 55.03 million
-4.83%
10 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.187
$ 54.62M
$ 54.62 million
-2.80%
11 Venus XVS $ 2.66
$ 45.35M
$ 45.35 million
+0.17%
12 Mask Network MASK $ 0.397
$ 32.37M
$ 32.37 million
-2.84%
13 Illuvium ILV $ 3.36
$ 30.75M
$ 30.75 million
-2.38%
14 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0793
$ 29.01M
$ 29.01 million
+3.30%
15 UMA UMA $ 0.397
$ 25.83M
$ 25.83 million
-1.01%
16 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00624
$ 24.30M
$ 24.30 million
-5.16%
17 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0810
$ 22.88M
$ 22.88 million
-2.58%
18 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0205
$ 11.15M
$ 11.15 million
-3.48%
19 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0538
$ 10.77M
$ 10.77 million
-20.64%
20 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00161
$ 10.50M
$ 10.50 million
-2.03%
21 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0185
$ 10.04M
$ 10.04 million
+2.38%
22 Balancer BAL $ 0.146
$ 9.95M
$ 9.95 million
-0.51%
23 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0118
$ 9.00M
$ 9.00 million
-5.71%
24 Bitlayer BTR $ 0.0325
$ 8.80M
$ 8.80 million
+4.18%
25 Harvest Finance FARM $ 11.24
$ 7.73M
$ 7.73 million
-0.12%
26 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00345
$ 7.29M
$ 7.29 million
-4.90%
27 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.348
$ 6.96M
$ 6.96 million
-1.13%
28 Block Block $ 0.00553
$ 4.15M
$ 4.15 million
-2.12%
29 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00447
$ 3.54M
$ 3.54 million
-4.15%
30 REI Network REI $ 0.00297
$ 2.89M
$ 2.89 million
+2.29%
31 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0131
$ 2.12M
$ 2.12 million
+0.66%
32 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000224
$ 1.85M
$ 1.85 million
-0.88%
33 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0234
$ 442,943
$ 442,943
+1.77%

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34 Maker MKR $ 1,683.52
$ 154.16M
$ 154.16 million
+1.18%
35 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00828
$ 6.83M
$ 6.83 million
-3.61%
36 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00647
$ 6.15M
$ 6.15 million
-1.03%
37 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.222
$ 4.55M
$ 4.55 million
+0.95%
38 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆146
$ 1.46M
$ 1.46 million
+1.35%
39 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000239
$ 1.19M
$ 1.19 million
-15.80%
40 Prism PRISM $ 0.000454
$ 832,392
$ 832,392
-6.62%
41 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00104
$ 227,814
$ 227,814
+0.51%
42 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00202
$ 224,628
$ 224,628
-0.02%
43 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.00183
$ 202,797
$ 202,797
+0.00%
44 Yala Token YALA $ 0.000652
$ 184,612
$ 184,612
+28.79%
45 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.000999
$ 177,135
$ 177,135
-0.21%
46 Lossless LSS $ 0.00114
$ 114,194
$ 114,194
+3.53%
47 PsyDAO Token PSY $ 0.00241
$ 107,441
$ 107,441
-1.48%
48 decentral.games DG $ 0.000112
$ 104,287
$ 104,287
+0.00%
49 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000363
$ 91,677
$ 91,677
+17.31%
50 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0838
$ 86,275
$ 86,275
-0.27%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Bitlayer BTR $ 0.0325
$ 8.80M
$ 8.80 million
+4.18%
Velvet VELVET $ 0.0793
$ 29.01M
$ 29.01 million
+3.30%
Marinade MNDE $ 0.0185
$ 10.04M
$ 10.04 million
+2.38%
REI Network REI $ 0.00297
$ 2.89M
$ 2.89 million
+2.29%
OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0234
$ 442,943
$ 442,943
+1.77%
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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