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DAOs are organizations that use coded rules to make decisions without any middlemen. More

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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 4.06
$ 2.59B
$ 2.59 billion
+9.33%
2 Aave AAVE $ 102.85
$ 1.59B
$ 1.59 billion
+7.14%
3 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.265
$ 391.22M
$ 391.22 million
+5.20%
4 Decred DCR $ 19.72
$ 343.42M
$ 343.42 million
+1.01%
5 Compound COMP $ 23.49
$ 234.57M
$ 234.57 million
+2.69%
6 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.367
$ 126.43M
$ 126.43 million
+2.39%
7 0x ZRX $ 0.123
$ 104.03M
$ 104.03 million
+2.76%
8 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.253
$ 73.11M
$ 73.11 million
+4.69%
9 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.0111
$ 55.39M
$ 55.39 million
+3.55%
10 Mask Network MASK $ 0.547
$ 54.75M
$ 54.75 million
+2.62%
11 Venus XVS $ 2.89
$ 49.42M
$ 49.42 million
+2.00%
12 Illuvium ILV $ 5.32
$ 48.68M
$ 48.68 million
+3.83%
13 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0938
$ 34.14M
$ 34.14 million
+4.27%
14 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00874
$ 33.80M
$ 33.80 million
+3.80%
15 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0903
$ 33.22M
$ 33.22 million
-0.28%
16 UMA UMA $ 0.523
$ 32.53M
$ 32.53 million
+2.95%
17 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00212
$ 13.88M
$ 13.88 million
+5.75%
18 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0167
$ 13.44M
$ 13.44 million
+1.84%
19 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0221
$ 12.01M
$ 12.01 million
-0.29%
20 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0215
$ 11.74M
$ 11.74 million
+3.30%
21 Balancer BAL $ 0.156
$ 10.65M
$ 10.65 million
+0.13%
22 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0489
$ 9.42M
$ 9.42 million
-1.93%
23 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.474
$ 9.25M
$ 9.25 million
+0.88%
24 Harvest Finance FARM $ 12.39
$ 8.50M
$ 8.50 million
-0.09%
25 Bitlayer BTR $ 0.0310
$ 8.40M
$ 8.40 million
+1.84%
26 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00392
$ 8.26M
$ 8.26 million
-0.49%
27 Checkmate CHECK $ 0.0389
$ 5.93M
$ 5.93 million
-1.54%
28 Block Block $ 0.00651
$ 5.05M
$ 5.05 million
-0.14%
29 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0116
$ 2.10M
$ 2.10 million
-0.74%
30 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00423
$ 1.53M
$ 1.53 million
-2.12%
31 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.0000836
$ 774,435
$ 774,435
-0.39%
32 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00133
$ 307,033
$ 307,033
+1.51%

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33 Maker MKR $ 1,870.24
$ 169.93M
$ 169.93 million
+0.94%
34 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 33.19
$ 112.17M
$ 112.17 million
+0.67%
35 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.639
$ 13.08M
$ 13.08 million
-1.14%
36 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00645
$ 6.13M
$ 6.13 million
-1.86%
37 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00691
$ 5.70M
$ 5.70 million
+0.58%
38 REI Network REI $ 0.00305
$ 3.02M
$ 3.02 million
+0.50%
39 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000155
$ 774,560
$ 774,560
+4.58%
40 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00221
$ 689,136
$ 689,136
-0.96%
41 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0277
$ 551,558
$ 551,558
+2.73%
42 PsyDAO Token PSY $ 0.00632
$ 281,348
$ 281,348
-0.09%
43 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00235
$ 260,964
$ 260,964
+1.43%
44 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000718
$ 181,356
$ 181,356
-3.89%
45 Yala Token YALA $ 0.000442
$ 127,538
$ 127,538
-0.47%
46 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.000708
$ 125,581
$ 125,581
+5.85%
47 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0863
$ 88,886
$ 88,886
+0.20%
48 Moon Rabbit AAA $ 0.0₆195
$ 60,698
$ 60,698
+0.28%
49 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.000492
$ 54,645
$ 54,645
-73.05%
50 Aragon Network Token ANT $ 0.000127
$ 5,473
$ 5,473
+1.09%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Uniswap UNI $ 4.06
$ 2.59B
$ 2.59 billion
+9.33%
Aave AAVE $ 102.85
$ 1.59B
$ 1.59 billion
+7.14%
Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00212
$ 13.88M
$ 13.88 million
+5.75%
Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.265
$ 391.22M
$ 391.22 million
+5.20%
SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.253
$ 73.11M
$ 73.11 million
+4.69%
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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