DAO tokens

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# Coins Live Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $5.13
$3.20B
$3.20 billion
+4.96%
2 Bittensor TAO $228.07
$2.58B
$2.58 billion
-3.97%
3 Aave AAVE $123.37
$1.91B
$1.91 billion
-0.50%
4 SKY Governance Token SKY $0.0693
$1.62B
$1.62 billion
+0.48%
5 ARBITRUM ARB $0.0859
$574.35M
$574.35 million
-0.61%
6 Curve DAO Token CRV $0.306
$476.19M
$476.19 million
+2.36%
7 Midnight NIGHT $0.0180
$299.49M
$299.49 million
-3.34%
8 Lido DAO Token LDO $0.352
$294.53M
$294.53 million
-2.27%
9 Decred DCR $14.14
$248.69M
$248.69 million
+2.18%
10 Ethereum Name Service ENS $5.80
$244.19M
$244.19 million
+4.13%
11 Compound COMP $19.07
$190.82M
$190.82 million
+4.64%
12 Dexe DEXE $2.14
$178.93M
$178.93 million
-6.93%
13 ApeCoin APE $0.138
$137.72M
$137.72 million
-0.43%
14 Synthetix Network SNX $0.207
$120.61M
$120.61 million
-1.46%
15 Fluid FLUID $1.34
$112.12M
$112.12 million
+2.62%
16 0x ZRX $0.0965
$81.89M
$81.89 million
-0.50%
17 Bedrock BR $0.222
$67.04M
$67.04 million
-1.35%
18 RaveDAO RAVE $0.265
$64.68M
$64.68 million
-3.49%
19 Wormhole W $0.00931
$59.49M
$59.49 million
+1.48%
20 SUSHI SUSHI $0.194
$56.94M
$56.94 million
-1.04%
21 Venus XVS $3.12
$53.42M
$53.42 million
-0.93%
22 aelf ELF $0.0586
$50.63M
$50.63 million
-7.14%
23 Velvet VELVET $0.0939
$43.54M
$43.54 million
-6.70%
24 Mask Network MASK $0.426
$42.62M
$42.62 million
-1.21%
25 Lista DAO LISTA $0.0696
$30.74M
$30.74 million
-10.62%
26 Illuvium ILV $3.05
$27.98M
$27.98 million
-0.75%
27 MANTRA MANTRA $0.00421
$26.53M
$26.53 million
-2.89%
28 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $0.00779
$25.40M
$25.40 million
-2.95%
29 UMA UMA $0.367
$25.10M
$25.10 million
-1.13%
30 Lisk LSK $0.103
$23.55M
$23.55 million
+2.42%
31 Yield Guild Games YGG $0.0222
$20.90M
$20.90 million
-0.08%
32 ChainGPT CGPT $0.0197
$18.36M
$18.36 million
-1.75%
33 SuperRare RARE $0.0125
$10.24M
$10.24 million
-3.71%
34 Alien Worlds TLM $0.00140
$9.78M
$9.78 million
-3.60%
35 TokenFi TOKEN $0.00219
$8.67M
$8.67 million
-6.54%
36 Balancer BAL $0.120
$8.30M
$8.30 million
-0.83%
37 Gitcoin GTC $0.0827
$8.27M
$8.27 million
-1.47%
38 Badger DAO BADGER $0.357
$6.93M
$6.93 million
-2.69%
39 Hashflow HFT $0.00642
$5.91M
$5.91 million
-7.35%
40 Towns TOWNS $0.00261
$5.50M
$5.50 million
+2.32%
41 Alephium ALPH $0.0401
$5.49M
$5.49 million
+4.81%
42 DAO Maker DAO $0.0236
$4.71M
$4.71 million
-0.91%
43 Harvest Finance FARM $6.14
$4.22M
$4.22 million
-2.54%
44 Cryptex CTX $0.357
$3.34M
$3.34 million
-6.44%
45 Ampleforth Governance Token FORTH $0.202
$2.49M
$2.49 million
-2.93%
46 Checkmate CHECK $0.0143
$2.40M
$2.40 million
-0.08%
47 NodeOps NODE $0.00547
$1.64M
$1.64 million
-2.69%
48 Block Block $0.00165
$1.32M
$1.32 million
-0.30%

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49 ARCS ARX $0.123
$566.65M
$566.65 million
+1.62%
50 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $63.51
$214.65M
$214.65 million
-2.67%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Live Price Market cap 24h
Uniswap UNI $5.13
$3.20B
$3.20 billion
+4.96%
Alephium ALPH $0.0401
$5.49M
$5.49 million
+4.81%
Compound COMP $19.07
$190.82M
$190.82 million
+4.64%
Ethereum Name Service ENS $5.80
$244.19M
$244.19 million
+4.13%
Fluid FLUID $1.34
$112.12M
$112.12 million
+2.62%
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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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