DAO tokens

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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.14
$ 2.00B
$ 2.00 billion
-1.41%
2 Aave AAVE $ 100.30
$ 1.55B
$ 1.55 billion
-0.68%
3 Decred DCR $ 21.15
$ 367.47M
$ 367.47 million
-3.06%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.218
$ 320.71M
$ 320.71 million
+0.16%
5 Compound COMP $ 21.58
$ 215.36M
$ 215.36 million
+2.87%
6 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 47.95
$ 162.08M
$ 162.08 million
-0.04%
7 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.290
$ 100.09M
$ 100.09 million
-0.65%
8 0x ZRX $ 0.106
$ 89.52M
$ 89.52 million
-1.46%
9 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.195
$ 56.35M
$ 56.35 million
+0.19%
10 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.0106
$ 51.54M
$ 51.54 million
-0.26%
11 Venus XVS $ 2.65
$ 45.08M
$ 45.08 million
-1.03%
12 Illuvium ILV $ 4.18
$ 38.20M
$ 38.20 million
-0.53%
13 Mask Network MASK $ 0.434
$ 36.74M
$ 36.74 million
-1.08%
14 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0869
$ 31.91M
$ 31.91 million
-9.62%
15 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00711
$ 27.73M
$ 27.73 million
+1.09%
16 UMA UMA $ 0.425
$ 27.29M
$ 27.29 million
+2.77%
17 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0809
$ 26.57M
$ 26.57 million
+1.18%
18 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0270
$ 14.58M
$ 14.58 million
+35.02%
19 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0202
$ 10.90M
$ 10.90 million
+10.06%
20 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00163
$ 10.67M
$ 10.67 million
-1.02%
21 Balancer BAL $ 0.156
$ 10.64M
$ 10.64 million
-0.76%
22 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0130
$ 10.24M
$ 10.24 million
-4.14%
23 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0471
$ 9.07M
$ 9.07 million
-2.10%
24 Harvest Finance FARM $ 11.47
$ 7.88M
$ 7.88 million
-0.59%
25 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.387
$ 7.78M
$ 7.78 million
+0.57%
26 Bitlayer BTR $ 0.0284
$ 7.69M
$ 7.69 million
+0.17%
27 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00329
$ 6.94M
$ 6.94 million
+5.41%
28 Checkmate CHECK $ 0.0359
$ 5.77M
$ 5.77 million
+0.59%
29 Block Block $ 0.00415
$ 3.12M
$ 3.12 million
-5.60%
30 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0120
$ 1.94M
$ 1.94 million
-2.21%
31 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00505
$ 1.82M
$ 1.82 million
+0.31%
32 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.0000743
$ 672,545
$ 672,545
-6.04%
33 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00226
$ 490,793
$ 490,793
-12.97%

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34 Maker MKR $ 1,750.63
$ 159.97M
$ 159.97 million
-4.10%
35 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00654
$ 6.21M
$ 6.21 million
-1.50%
36 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00730
$ 6.02M
$ 6.02 million
-1.76%
37 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.268
$ 5.54M
$ 5.54 million
+24.73%
38 REI Network REI $ 0.00298
$ 2.94M
$ 2.94 million
+0.13%
39 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆166
$ 1.66M
$ 1.66 million
-3.13%
40 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000240
$ 1.20M
$ 1.20 million
+1.48%
41 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00206
$ 642,018
$ 642,018
-1.46%
42 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0202
$ 402,976
$ 402,976
-8.83%
43 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00191
$ 211,783
$ 211,783
-2.45%
44 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.00183
$ 202,797
$ 202,797
+0.00%
45 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.00100
$ 177,543
$ 177,543
+0.00%
46 Yala Token YALA $ 0.000523
$ 149,104
$ 149,104
-18.82%
47 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000573
$ 144,821
$ 144,821
+2.24%
48 PsyDAO Token PSY $ 0.00303
$ 134,982
$ 134,982
+10.06%
49 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0832
$ 85,628
$ 85,628
-0.36%
50 Moon Rabbit AAA $ 0.0₇596
$ 18,096
$ 18,096
-6.30%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
HOPR HOPR $ 0.0270
$ 14.58M
$ 14.58 million
+35.02%
Marinade MNDE $ 0.0202
$ 10.90M
$ 10.90 million
+10.06%
Towns TOWNS $ 0.00329
$ 6.94M
$ 6.94 million
+5.41%
Compound COMP $ 21.58
$ 215.36M
$ 215.36 million
+2.87%
UMA UMA $ 0.425
$ 27.29M
$ 27.29 million
+2.77%
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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