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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.05
$ 1.93B
$ 1.93 billion
-2.97%
2 Aave AAVE $ 90.01
$ 1.39B
$ 1.39 billion
-1.98%
3 Decred DCR $ 21.83
$ 379.22M
$ 379.22 million
-7.17%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.213
$ 312.47M
$ 312.47 million
-2.67%
5 Compound COMP $ 20.06
$ 200.07M
$ 200.07 million
+1.61%
6 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 48.06
$ 162.43M
$ 162.43 million
+0.14%
7 Maker MKR $ 1,769.75
$ 161.72M
$ 161.72 million
-2.35%
8 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.290
$ 99.78M
$ 99.78 million
-0.43%
9 0x ZRX $ 0.104
$ 87.91M
$ 87.91 million
-0.81%
10 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.190
$ 54.80M
$ 54.80 million
-1.64%
11 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.0104
$ 50.59M
$ 50.59 million
-1.84%
12 Venus XVS $ 2.62
$ 44.54M
$ 44.54 million
-1.60%
13 Illuvium ILV $ 4.22
$ 38.63M
$ 38.63 million
-3.45%
14 Mask Network MASK $ 0.433
$ 36.60M
$ 36.60 million
-2.62%
15 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0768
$ 28.17M
$ 28.17 million
+3.08%
16 UMA UMA $ 0.409
$ 26.32M
$ 26.32 million
-2.68%
17 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00667
$ 25.98M
$ 25.98 million
-3.64%
18 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0761
$ 24.91M
$ 24.91 million
-5.90%
19 Balancer BAL $ 0.160
$ 10.89M
$ 10.89 million
-9.20%
20 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0138
$ 10.80M
$ 10.80 million
-1.18%
21 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0197
$ 10.69M
$ 10.69 million
-3.68%
22 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00162
$ 10.59M
$ 10.59 million
+0.57%
23 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0185
$ 10.09M
$ 10.09 million
+0.97%
24 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0482
$ 9.27M
$ 9.27 million
-3.02%
25 Harvest Finance FARM $ 11.84
$ 8.14M
$ 8.14 million
+0.42%
26 Bitlayer BTR $ 0.0285
$ 7.70M
$ 7.70 million
+2.24%
27 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.376
$ 7.56M
$ 7.56 million
+1.42%
28 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00316
$ 6.67M
$ 6.67 million
-0.80%
29 Checkmate CHECK $ 0.0294
$ 4.65M
$ 4.65 million
-0.09%
30 Block Block $ 0.00452
$ 3.39M
$ 3.39 million
-7.20%
31 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0122
$ 2.02M
$ 2.02 million
+0.08%
32 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00481
$ 1.74M
$ 1.74 million
+17.88%
33 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.0000859
$ 777,306
$ 777,306
-2.65%
34 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00265
$ 576,874
$ 576,874
+0.22%

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35 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00785
$ 6.48M
$ 6.48 million
-0.53%
36 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00634
$ 6.03M
$ 6.03 million
-0.06%
37 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.217
$ 4.43M
$ 4.43 million
-3.83%
38 REI Network REI $ 0.00288
$ 2.83M
$ 2.83 million
-3.07%
39 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆162
$ 1.62M
$ 1.62 million
+0.11%
40 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000248
$ 1.24M
$ 1.24 million
-1.19%
41 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00200
$ 624,281
$ 624,281
-0.21%
42 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0226
$ 429,402
$ 429,402
-0.44%
43 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00220
$ 244,658
$ 244,658
+19.04%
44 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.00183
$ 202,797
$ 202,797
+0.00%
45 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.000999
$ 177,153
$ 177,153
-0.45%
46 Yala Token YALA $ 0.000484
$ 138,051
$ 138,051
-26.48%
47 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000492
$ 124,223
$ 124,223
+1.14%
48 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0820
$ 84,387
$ 84,387
-0.57%
49 Moon Rabbit AAA $ 0.0₇628
$ 19,594
$ 19,594
-2.03%
50 WorkQuest Token WQT $ 0.0₅180
$ 9,608
$ 9,608
+0.00%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00481
$ 1.74M
$ 1.74 million
+17.88%
Velvet VELVET $ 0.0768
$ 28.17M
$ 28.17 million
+3.08%
Bitlayer BTR $ 0.0285
$ 7.70M
$ 7.70 million
+2.24%
Compound COMP $ 20.06
$ 200.07M
$ 200.07 million
+1.61%
Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.376
$ 7.56M
$ 7.56 million
+1.42%
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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