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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.49
$ 2.21B
$ 2.21 billion
+3.17%
2 Aave AAVE $ 97.07
$ 1.50B
$ 1.50 billion
+1.68%
3 Decred DCR $ 20.55
$ 356.45M
$ 356.45 million
+1.00%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.217
$ 318.30M
$ 318.30 million
+3.04%
5 Compound COMP $ 17.39
$ 173.45M
$ 173.45 million
-3.44%
6 Maker MKR $ 1,709.56
$ 156.55M
$ 156.55 million
+1.49%
7 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.279
$ 95.93M
$ 95.93 million
+0.53%
8 0x ZRX $ 0.100
$ 84.86M
$ 84.86 million
+0.61%
9 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.194
$ 56.56M
$ 56.56 million
+2.41%
10 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.0113
$ 54.98M
$ 54.98 million
+0.19%
11 Venus XVS $ 2.81
$ 47.74M
$ 47.74 million
+8.58%
12 Mask Network MASK $ 0.406
$ 33.11M
$ 33.11 million
+1.49%
13 Illuvium ILV $ 3.43
$ 31.38M
$ 31.38 million
-0.39%
14 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0762
$ 27.87M
$ 27.87 million
-4.28%
15 UMA UMA $ 0.396
$ 25.51M
$ 25.51 million
+1.01%
16 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00625
$ 24.37M
$ 24.37 million
+0.68%
17 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0820
$ 23.15M
$ 23.15 million
+1.71%
18 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0204
$ 11.08M
$ 11.08 million
+1.55%
19 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00160
$ 10.44M
$ 10.44 million
+0.33%
20 Balancer BAL $ 0.141
$ 9.64M
$ 9.64 million
-3.33%
21 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0176
$ 9.63M
$ 9.63 million
-0.18%
22 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0126
$ 9.58M
$ 9.58 million
+7.16%
23 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0500
$ 9.47M
$ 9.47 million
-11.89%
24 Bitlayer BTR $ 0.0300
$ 8.14M
$ 8.14 million
-6.97%
25 Harvest Finance FARM $ 11.35
$ 7.80M
$ 7.80 million
+0.86%
26 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00337
$ 7.10M
$ 7.10 million
+0.01%
27 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.351
$ 7.05M
$ 7.05 million
-1.08%
28 Block Block $ 0.00549
$ 4.11M
$ 4.11 million
-0.57%
29 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00439
$ 3.48M
$ 3.48 million
+0.49%
30 REI Network REI $ 0.00333
$ 3.26M
$ 3.26 million
+16.55%
31 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0133
$ 2.19M
$ 2.19 million
+2.94%
32 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000192
$ 1.59M
$ 1.59 million
-2.50%
33 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0245
$ 463,021
$ 463,021
+0.09%

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34 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 47.98
$ 162.18M
$ 162.18 million
+0.08%
35 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00875
$ 7.22M
$ 7.22 million
+6.06%
36 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00643
$ 6.11M
$ 6.11 million
+0.19%
37 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.223
$ 4.56M
$ 4.56 million
-0.03%
38 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆149
$ 1.49M
$ 1.49 million
+1.81%
39 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000214
$ 1.07M
$ 1.07 million
-9.86%
40 Prism PRISM $ 0.000442
$ 811,418
$ 811,418
-2.86%
41 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00145
$ 451,873
$ 451,873
+6.72%
42 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00206
$ 229,024
$ 229,024
+24.71%
43 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00104
$ 228,116
$ 228,116
+0.19%
44 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.00183
$ 202,797
$ 202,797
+0.00%
45 Yala Token YALA $ 0.000707
$ 200,767
$ 200,767
+2.59%
46 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.00100
$ 177,507
$ 177,507
+0.21%
47 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000685
$ 172,991
$ 172,991
+89.84%
48 decentral.games DG $ 0.000112
$ 104,287
$ 104,287
+0.00%
49 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0839
$ 86,429
$ 86,429
+0.43%
50 Spartan Protocol SPARTA $ 0.000652
$ 48,757
$ 48,757
+291.09%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
REI Network REI $ 0.00333
$ 3.26M
$ 3.26 million
+16.55%
Venus XVS $ 2.81
$ 47.74M
$ 47.74 million
+8.58%
Hashflow HFT $ 0.0126
$ 9.58M
$ 9.58 million
+7.16%
Uniswap UNI $ 3.49
$ 2.21B
$ 2.21 billion
+3.17%
Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.217
$ 318.30M
$ 318.30 million
+3.04%
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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