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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.68
$ 2.33B
$ 2.33 billion
+8.15%
2 Aave AAVE $ 129.45
$ 2.00B
$ 2.00 billion
+8.31%
3 Decred DCR $ 24.64
$ 425.50M
$ 425.50 million
-0.14%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.268
$ 393.70M
$ 393.70 million
+6.37%
5 Compound COMP $ 20.58
$ 205.19M
$ 205.19 million
-6.32%
6 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.315
$ 108.61M
$ 108.61 million
+4.83%
7 0x ZRX $ 0.117
$ 98.85M
$ 98.85 million
+6.23%
8 Mantra DAO OM $ 0.0611
$ 72.50M
$ 72.50 million
+3.09%
9 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.222
$ 65.01M
$ 65.01 million
+5.99%
10 BTR token BTR $ 0.200
$ 55.09M
$ 55.09 million
+38.85%
11 Venus XVS $ 2.98
$ 50.63M
$ 50.63 million
+1.98%
12 Mask Network MASK $ 0.486
$ 39.32M
$ 39.32 million
+3.71%
13 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00764
$ 38.76M
$ 38.76 million
+12.41%
14 Illuvium ILV $ 4.12
$ 37.73M
$ 37.73 million
+4.80%
15 UMA UMA $ 0.534
$ 32.00M
$ 32.00 million
+5.56%
16 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0970
$ 27.67M
$ 27.67 million
+4.20%
17 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0810
$ 25.41M
$ 25.41 million
+6.30%
18 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0258
$ 14.13M
$ 14.13 million
+5.53%
19 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0191
$ 13.32M
$ 13.32 million
+0.72%
20 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00184
$ 11.93M
$ 11.93 million
+6.17%
21 Balancer BAL $ 0.153
$ 10.41M
$ 10.41 million
+1.17%
22 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.00102
$ 9.84M
$ 9.84 million
+3.39%
23 Harvest Finance FARM $ 13.08
$ 8.99M
$ 8.99 million
+1.38%
24 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00414
$ 8.73M
$ 8.73 million
+4.96%
25 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.387
$ 7.75M
$ 7.75 million
+3.16%
26 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00727
$ 6.91M
$ 6.91 million
+5.22%
27 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0325
$ 6.50M
$ 6.50 million
+1.35%
28 Block Block $ 0.00773
$ 5.55M
$ 5.55 million
+1.96%
29 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00429
$ 3.40M
$ 3.40 million
-0.25%
30 REI Network REI $ 0.00297
$ 2.91M
$ 2.91 million
-3.61%
31 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0162
$ 2.50M
$ 2.50 million
+2.11%
32 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0337
$ 465,387
$ 465,387
+3.48%
33 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00188
$ 387,895
$ 387,895
+1.95%
34 Yala Token YALA $ 0.00158
$ 361,836
$ 361,836
+1.44%

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35 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 47.99
$ 162.20M
$ 162.20 million
-0.10%
36 Maker MKR $ 1,677.24
$ 161.41M
$ 161.41 million
-0.22%
37 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0210
$ 11.37M
$ 11.37 million
+2.46%
38 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00999
$ 8.24M
$ 8.24 million
+0.39%
39 decentral.games DG $ 0.00599
$ 5.56M
$ 5.56 million
+0.00%
40 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.223
$ 4.56M
$ 4.56 million
+2.56%
41 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆164
$ 1.64M
$ 1.64 million
-3.01%
42 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000296
$ 1.48M
$ 1.48 million
+5.46%
43 Prism PRISM $ 0.000589
$ 1.08M
$ 1.08 million
+2.83%
44 Synesis One SNS $ 0.000190
$ 479,831
$ 479,831
-3.55%
45 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.000964
$ 300,535
$ 300,535
+5.28%
46 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00190
$ 210,893
$ 210,893
+0.00%
47 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.00110
$ 195,910
$ 195,910
+1.56%
48 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0805
$ 82,833
$ 82,833
+1.02%
49 Moon Rabbit AAA $ 0.0₇764
$ 23,837
$ 23,837
+2.28%
50 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.000259
$ 14,996
$ 14,996
+0.00%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
BTR token BTR $ 0.200
$ 55.09M
$ 55.09 million
+38.85%
ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00764
$ 38.76M
$ 38.76 million
+12.41%
Aave AAVE $ 129.45
$ 2.00B
$ 2.00 billion
+8.31%
Uniswap UNI $ 3.68
$ 2.33B
$ 2.33 billion
+8.15%
Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.268
$ 393.70M
$ 393.70 million
+6.37%
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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