DAO tokens

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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.92
$ 2.49B
$ 2.49 billion
+0.19%
2 Aave AAVE $ 114.01
$ 1.76B
$ 1.76 billion
+7.33%
3 Decred DCR $ 30.03
$ 513.21M
$ 513.21 million
+2.49%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.251
$ 368.57M
$ 368.57 million
+4.22%
5 Maker MKR $ 1,864.43
$ 177.81M
$ 177.81 million
+5.09%
6 Compound COMP $ 16.94
$ 168.89M
$ 168.89 million
+1.33%
7 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.319
$ 109.96M
$ 109.96 million
-0.25%
8 0x ZRX $ 0.110
$ 92.84M
$ 92.84 million
+0.28%
9 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.0184
$ 87.43M
$ 87.43 million
+0.89%
10 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.203
$ 59.25M
$ 59.25 million
+2.97%
11 Venus XVS $ 2.95
$ 50.26M
$ 50.26 million
+0.05%
12 BTR token BTR $ 0.150
$ 41.18M
$ 41.18 million
+0.17%
13 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00797
$ 40.41M
$ 40.41 million
+4.70%
14 Mask Network MASK $ 0.454
$ 37.06M
$ 37.06 million
-1.10%
15 Illuvium ILV $ 3.82
$ 34.98M
$ 34.98 million
+0.92%
16 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0926
$ 33.68M
$ 33.68 million
+0.38%
17 UMA UMA $ 0.424
$ 25.64M
$ 25.64 million
+0.83%
18 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0845
$ 23.06M
$ 23.06 million
+0.52%
19 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0214
$ 11.69M
$ 11.69 million
+0.32%
20 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00173
$ 11.22M
$ 11.22 million
+2.58%
21 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0152
$ 11.18M
$ 11.18 million
+2.06%
22 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0206
$ 11.14M
$ 11.14 million
+1.08%
23 Balancer BAL $ 0.147
$ 10.05M
$ 10.05 million
+0.40%
24 Harvest Finance FARM $ 13.20
$ 9.07M
$ 9.07 million
+0.99%
25 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000857
$ 8.26M
$ 8.26 million
+3.85%
26 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.392
$ 7.85M
$ 7.85 million
+2.88%
27 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00349
$ 7.36M
$ 7.36 million
+1.41%
28 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0366
$ 7.31M
$ 7.31 million
-4.10%
29 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00710
$ 5.62M
$ 5.62 million
-1.23%
30 Block Block $ 0.00615
$ 4.42M
$ 4.42 million
+5.00%
31 REI Network REI $ 0.00250
$ 2.46M
$ 2.46 million
+2.58%
32 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0141
$ 2.32M
$ 2.32 million
-0.85%
33 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0406
$ 747,919
$ 747,919
+11.86%
34 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00103
$ 215,352
$ 215,352
-2.26%

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35 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 47.92
$ 161.97M
$ 161.97 million
-0.19%
36 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00934
$ 7.70M
$ 7.70 million
-6.22%
37 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00688
$ 6.54M
$ 6.54 million
+1.66%
38 decentral.games DG $ 0.00599
$ 5.56M
$ 5.56 million
+0.00%
39 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.195
$ 3.99M
$ 3.99 million
+9.43%
40 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆158
$ 1.58M
$ 1.58 million
+4.52%
41 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000249
$ 1.24M
$ 1.24 million
+5.46%
42 Prism PRISM $ 0.000497
$ 911,799
$ 911,799
-6.44%
43 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00124
$ 386,929
$ 386,929
-0.61%
44 Yala Token YALA $ 0.000883
$ 247,884
$ 247,884
-6.51%
45 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00176
$ 195,185
$ 195,185
+1.92%
46 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.000997
$ 176,851
$ 176,851
-3.98%
47 HYVE HYVE $ 0.00145
$ 156,665
$ 156,665
+95.29%
48 PsyDAO Token PSY $ 0.00297
$ 132,798
$ 132,798
+2.34%
49 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.00183
$ 105,781
$ 105,781
+126.58%
50 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0814
$ 83,911
$ 83,911
+1.24%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0406
$ 747,919
$ 747,919
+11.86%
Aave AAVE $ 114.01
$ 1.76B
$ 1.76 billion
+7.33%
Maker MKR $ 1,864.43
$ 177.81M
$ 177.81 million
+5.09%
Block Block $ 0.00615
$ 4.42M
$ 4.42 million
+5.00%
ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00797
$ 40.41M
$ 40.41 million
+4.70%
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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