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# Coins Live Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $6.31
$3.92B
$3.92 billion
+1.31%
2 Bittensor TAO $235.43
$2.67B
$2.67 billion
+0.85%
3 Aave AAVE $126.23
$1.96B
$1.96 billion
+0.95%
4 SKY Governance Token SKY $0.0625
$1.46B
$1.46 billion
+0.19%
5 ARBITRUM ARB $0.136
$910.62M
$910.62 million
-0.34%
6 Curve DAO Token CRV $0.350
$544.39M
$544.39 million
+4.93%
7 Lisk LSK $1.07
$397.16M
$397.16 million
+31.45%
8 Midnight NIGHT $0.0204
$338.61M
$338.61 million
-0.24%
9 Lido DAO Token LDO $0.369
$307.61M
$307.61 million
-0.39%
10 Decred DCR $16.55
$291.38M
$291.38 million
+2.11%
11 Ethereum Name Service ENS $5.70
$240.49M
$240.49 million
+0.14%
12 Compound COMP $19.60
$196.07M
$196.07 million
-1.25%
13 Dexe DEXE $1.80
$150.78M
$150.78 million
-1.68%
14 ApeCoin APE $0.135
$134.57M
$134.57 million
-0.14%
15 Synthetix Network SNX $0.215
$125.03M
$125.03 million
-0.91%
16 Bedrock BR $0.410
$123.59M
$123.59 million
+60.43%
17 Fluid FLUID $1.20
$100.34M
$100.34 million
+1.57%
18 0x ZRX $0.115
$97.23M
$97.23 million
+1.27%
19 Wormhole W $0.0102
$65.56M
$65.56 million
+1.43%
20 SUSHI SUSHI $0.222
$64.92M
$64.92 million
+0.62%
21 aelf ELF $0.0666
$57.58M
$57.58 million
+32.60%
22 Venus XVS $3.09
$52.91M
$52.91 million
+0.95%
23 Mask Network MASK $0.469
$46.91M
$46.91 million
-0.27%
24 RaveDAO RAVE $0.179
$43.16M
$43.16 million
-6.71%
25 Lista DAO LISTA $0.0767
$33.89M
$33.89 million
-0.55%
26 Illuvium ILV $3.51
$32.17M
$32.17 million
-5.51%
27 MANTRA MANTRA $0.00423
$27.19M
$27.19 million
-0.21%
28 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $0.00790
$25.48M
$25.48 million
+0.43%
29 UMA UMA $0.372
$25.46M
$25.46 million
-1.63%
30 Velvet VELVET $0.0525
$24.36M
$24.36 million
-0.63%
31 Yield Guild Games YGG $0.0238
$22.40M
$22.40 million
-0.36%
32 ChainGPT CGPT $0.0202
$18.88M
$18.88 million
-0.21%
33 MESSIER M87 $0.0000160
$15.97M
$15.97 million
-0.90%
34 Alien Worlds TLM $0.00141
$9.90M
$9.90 million
+0.03%
35 SuperRare RARE $0.0121
$9.88M
$9.88 million
-1.04%
36 TokenFi TOKEN $0.00213
$8.47M
$8.47 million
-0.59%
37 Gitcoin GTC $0.0790
$7.90M
$7.90 million
-0.85%
38 Balancer BAL $0.111
$7.76M
$7.76 million
+1.77%
39 Hashflow HFT $0.00587
$5.43M
$5.43 million
-5.13%
40 Harvest Finance FARM $6.55
$4.50M
$4.50 million
+9.43%
41 DAO Maker DAO $0.0226
$4.50M
$4.50 million
-1.05%
42 Towns TOWNS $0.00188
$3.96M
$3.96 million
-2.28%
43 Ampleforth Governance Token FORTH $0.284
$3.49M
$3.49 million
-23.43%
44 Cryptex CTX $0.350
$3.28M
$3.28 million
-1.13%
45 Checkmate CHECK $0.0119
$2.01M
$2.01 million
-4.35%
46 NodeOps NODE $0.00572
$1.71M
$1.71 million
-7.07%
47 Block Block $0.00123
$687,228
$687,228
-1.64%
48 Humanode HMND $0.00161
$413,197
$413,197
+1.47%

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49 AGON Agent AGON $19.16
$19.17B
$19.17 billion
-2.99%
50 ARCS ARX $0.149
$684.48M
$684.48 million
+0.75%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Live Price Market cap 24h
Bedrock BR $0.410
$123.59M
$123.59 million
+60.43%
aelf ELF $0.0666
$57.58M
$57.58 million
+32.60%
Lisk LSK $1.07
$397.16M
$397.16 million
+31.45%
Harvest Finance FARM $6.55
$4.50M
$4.50 million
+9.43%
Curve DAO Token CRV $0.350
$544.39M
$544.39 million
+4.93%
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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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