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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.44
$ 2.18B
$ 2.18 billion
+1.91%
2 Aave AAVE $ 98.27
$ 1.52B
$ 1.52 billion
+0.05%
3 Decred DCR $ 21.10
$ 364.88M
$ 364.88 million
+1.81%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.214
$ 314.82M
$ 314.82 million
+0.81%
5 Compound COMP $ 18.55
$ 185.05M
$ 185.05 million
+1.43%
6 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 47.98
$ 162.17M
$ 162.17 million
+0.03%
7 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.282
$ 97.29M
$ 97.29 million
+1.66%
8 0x ZRX $ 0.101
$ 85.28M
$ 85.28 million
+1.58%
9 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.0119
$ 57.59M
$ 57.59 million
-1.10%
10 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.192
$ 56.06M
$ 56.06 million
+0.58%
11 Venus XVS $ 2.64
$ 44.93M
$ 44.93 million
+1.26%
12 Mask Network MASK $ 0.409
$ 33.36M
$ 33.36 million
-0.62%
13 Illuvium ILV $ 3.45
$ 31.57M
$ 31.57 million
+0.91%
14 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0803
$ 29.30M
$ 29.30 million
+0.44%
15 UMA UMA $ 0.404
$ 26.31M
$ 26.31 million
+2.47%
16 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00656
$ 25.60M
$ 25.60 million
-1.01%
17 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0830
$ 23.43M
$ 23.43 million
-1.09%
18 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0688
$ 13.78M
$ 13.78 million
+2.99%
19 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0208
$ 11.40M
$ 11.40 million
+3.14%
20 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00163
$ 10.66M
$ 10.66 million
-0.75%
21 Balancer BAL $ 0.147
$ 10.05M
$ 10.05 million
+1.85%
22 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0181
$ 9.78M
$ 9.78 million
+0.66%
23 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0126
$ 9.54M
$ 9.54 million
-3.16%
24 Bitlayer BTR $ 0.0323
$ 8.73M
$ 8.73 million
+7.66%
25 Harvest Finance FARM $ 11.32
$ 7.77M
$ 7.77 million
+0.74%
26 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00355
$ 7.48M
$ 7.48 million
-9.78%
27 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.354
$ 7.10M
$ 7.10 million
+2.06%
28 Block Block $ 0.00561
$ 4.20M
$ 4.20 million
+0.54%
29 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00463
$ 3.66M
$ 3.66 million
-3.40%
30 REI Network REI $ 0.00293
$ 2.85M
$ 2.85 million
+8.50%
31 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0128
$ 2.11M
$ 2.11 million
+0.51%
32 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000231
$ 1.90M
$ 1.90 million
-5.93%
33 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0229
$ 435,234
$ 435,234
+0.54%

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34 Maker MKR $ 1,660.66
$ 157.53M
$ 157.53 million
-0.52%
35 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00859
$ 7.09M
$ 7.09 million
+3.50%
36 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00655
$ 6.23M
$ 6.23 million
-2.03%
37 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.221
$ 4.52M
$ 4.52 million
-6.57%
38 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆144
$ 1.44M
$ 1.44 million
-1.98%
39 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000271
$ 1.35M
$ 1.35 million
-6.42%
40 Prism PRISM $ 0.000486
$ 891,422
$ 891,422
+10.25%
41 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00104
$ 226,889
$ 226,889
-2.49%
42 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00203
$ 224,837
$ 224,837
+1.92%
43 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.000999
$ 177,135
$ 177,135
-0.21%
44 Yala Token YALA $ 0.000495
$ 139,717
$ 139,717
-17.85%
45 PsyDAO Token PSY $ 0.00248
$ 110,213
$ 110,213
-10.12%
46 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.00183
$ 105,781
$ 105,781
+0.00%
47 decentral.games DG $ 0.000112
$ 104,287
$ 104,287
+0.00%
48 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0838
$ 86,233
$ 86,233
+0.61%
49 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000326
$ 82,357
$ 82,357
+0.00%
50 Moon Rabbit AAA $ 0.0₇905
$ 28,236
$ 28,236
-0.11%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
REI Network REI $ 0.00293
$ 2.85M
$ 2.85 million
+8.50%
Bitlayer BTR $ 0.0323
$ 8.73M
$ 8.73 million
+7.66%
HOPR HOPR $ 0.0208
$ 11.40M
$ 11.40 million
+3.14%
DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0688
$ 13.78M
$ 13.78 million
+2.99%
UMA UMA $ 0.404
$ 26.31M
$ 26.31 million
+2.47%
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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