DAO tokens

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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.24
$ 2.07B
$ 2.07 billion
+2.77%
2 Aave AAVE $ 105.88
$ 1.64B
$ 1.64 billion
+5.38%
3 Decred DCR $ 20.44
$ 355.23M
$ 355.23 million
-4.49%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.223
$ 328.23M
$ 328.23 million
+1.79%
5 Compound COMP $ 22.86
$ 228.00M
$ 228.00 million
+5.50%
6 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 47.93
$ 161.99M
$ 161.99 million
-0.23%
7 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.299
$ 102.90M
$ 102.90 million
+1.78%
8 0x ZRX $ 0.109
$ 92.87M
$ 92.87 million
+3.84%
9 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.207
$ 59.88M
$ 59.88 million
+5.94%
10 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.0110
$ 53.27M
$ 53.27 million
+3.37%
11 Venus XVS $ 2.65
$ 45.19M
$ 45.19 million
-0.05%
12 Illuvium ILV $ 4.48
$ 41.02M
$ 41.02 million
+7.26%
13 Mask Network MASK $ 0.451
$ 38.13M
$ 38.13 million
+3.45%
14 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00759
$ 29.59M
$ 29.59 million
+6.22%
15 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0789
$ 28.97M
$ 28.97 million
-7.71%
16 UMA UMA $ 0.440
$ 28.30M
$ 28.30 million
+4.18%
17 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0837
$ 27.80M
$ 27.80 million
+4.16%
18 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0227
$ 12.33M
$ 12.33 million
-17.36%
19 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00173
$ 11.33M
$ 11.33 million
+6.10%
20 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0140
$ 11.03M
$ 11.03 million
+7.75%
21 Balancer BAL $ 0.157
$ 10.73M
$ 10.73 million
+1.90%
22 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0192
$ 10.30M
$ 10.30 million
-6.68%
23 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0482
$ 9.29M
$ 9.29 million
+2.04%
24 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.407
$ 8.26M
$ 8.26 million
+34.56%
25 Bitlayer BTR $ 0.0298
$ 8.07M
$ 8.07 million
+4.12%
26 Harvest Finance FARM $ 11.73
$ 8.06M
$ 8.06 million
+2.08%
27 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.386
$ 7.76M
$ 7.76 million
+0.10%
28 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00339
$ 7.16M
$ 7.16 million
+1.29%
29 Checkmate CHECK $ 0.0320
$ 5.14M
$ 5.14 million
-14.68%
30 REI Network REI $ 0.00303
$ 2.98M
$ 2.98 million
+2.48%
31 Block Block $ 0.00396
$ 2.97M
$ 2.97 million
-4.98%
32 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0115
$ 1.90M
$ 1.90 million
-4.72%
33 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00520
$ 1.88M
$ 1.88 million
+5.93%
34 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.0000828
$ 749,252
$ 749,252
+12.99%
35 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00232
$ 503,391
$ 503,391
+2.51%

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36 Maker MKR $ 2,132.35
$ 194.85M
$ 194.85 million
+21.11%
37 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00644
$ 6.12M
$ 6.12 million
-1.24%
38 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00728
$ 6.01M
$ 6.01 million
+0.14%
39 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆161
$ 1.61M
$ 1.61 million
-2.50%
40 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000241
$ 1.20M
$ 1.20 million
-6.46%
41 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00207
$ 644,391
$ 644,391
+0.37%
42 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0197
$ 391,397
$ 391,397
-2.75%
43 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00234
$ 259,597
$ 259,597
+22.29%
44 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.00104
$ 184,269
$ 184,269
+4.02%
45 PsyDAO Token PSY $ 0.00402
$ 177,993
$ 177,993
+22.51%
46 Yala Token YALA $ 0.000473
$ 134,702
$ 134,702
-8.18%
47 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000527
$ 133,037
$ 133,037
-4.85%
48 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.000773
$ 85,777
$ 85,777
-57.70%
49 Moon Rabbit AAA $ 0.0₇582
$ 18,158
$ 18,158
-1.85%
50 Aragon Network Token ANT $ 0.000204
$ 8,821
$ 8,821
+13.72%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
VitaDAO VITA $ 0.407
$ 8.26M
$ 8.26 million
+34.56%
Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.0000828
$ 749,252
$ 749,252
+12.99%
Hashflow HFT $ 0.0140
$ 11.03M
$ 11.03 million
+7.75%
Illuvium ILV $ 4.48
$ 41.02M
$ 41.02 million
+7.26%
ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00759
$ 29.59M
$ 29.59 million
+6.22%
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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