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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.33
$ 2.11B
$ 2.11 billion
-5.70%
2 Aave AAVE $ 122.04
$ 1.88B
$ 1.88 billion
-3.43%
3 Decred DCR $ 22.04
$ 380.87M
$ 380.87 million
-4.52%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.236
$ 345.89M
$ 345.89 million
-6.34%
5 Compound COMP $ 17.80
$ 177.59M
$ 177.59 million
-2.82%
6 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.339
$ 117.92M
$ 117.92 million
+11.55%
7 0x ZRX $ 0.104
$ 87.83M
$ 87.83 million
-5.59%
8 Mantra DAO OM $ 0.0658
$ 78.33M
$ 78.33 million
+14.74%
9 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.197
$ 57.73M
$ 57.73 million
-7.09%
10 Venus XVS $ 3.07
$ 52.26M
$ 52.26 million
-5.49%
11 BTR token BTR $ 0.181
$ 49.72M
$ 49.72 million
-5.02%
12 Mask Network MASK $ 0.438
$ 35.50M
$ 35.50 million
-5.59%
13 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00667
$ 33.85M
$ 33.85 million
-2.78%
14 Illuvium ILV $ 3.69
$ 33.81M
$ 33.81 million
-5.70%
15 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0787
$ 28.58M
$ 28.58 million
+7.43%
16 UMA UMA $ 0.469
$ 28.15M
$ 28.15 million
-8.79%
17 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0855
$ 24.41M
$ 24.41 million
-6.34%
18 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0235
$ 12.85M
$ 12.85 million
-3.23%
19 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0167
$ 11.68M
$ 11.68 million
-5.99%
20 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0199
$ 10.78M
$ 10.78 million
-0.59%
21 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00164
$ 10.63M
$ 10.63 million
-5.14%
22 Balancer BAL $ 0.150
$ 10.20M
$ 10.20 million
-0.35%
23 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000893
$ 8.57M
$ 8.57 million
-3.55%
24 Harvest Finance FARM $ 11.81
$ 8.12M
$ 8.12 million
-3.12%
25 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00367
$ 7.74M
$ 7.74 million
-5.01%
26 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.357
$ 7.15M
$ 7.15 million
-3.44%
27 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0305
$ 6.14M
$ 6.14 million
-3.66%
28 Block Block $ 0.00692
$ 4.98M
$ 4.98 million
-6.00%
29 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00441
$ 3.51M
$ 3.51 million
-0.53%
30 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0153
$ 2.52M
$ 2.52 million
+0.08%
31 REI Network REI $ 0.00255
$ 2.50M
$ 2.50 million
-3.96%
32 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0313
$ 435,986
$ 435,986
-0.34%
33 Synesis One SNS $ 0.000164
$ 414,165
$ 414,165
-2.96%
34 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00188
$ 388,809
$ 388,809
+0.50%
35 Yala Token YALA $ 0.00113
$ 257,497
$ 257,497
-0.78%

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36 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 48.06
$ 162.90M
$ 162.90 million
+0.22%
37 Maker MKR $ 1,588.32
$ 152.46M
$ 152.46 million
-6.17%
38 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00987
$ 8.14M
$ 8.14 million
+1.00%
39 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00698
$ 6.62M
$ 6.62 million
+0.12%
40 decentral.games DG $ 0.00599
$ 5.56M
$ 5.56 million
+0.00%
41 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.211
$ 4.31M
$ 4.31 million
+6.97%
42 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆156
$ 1.56M
$ 1.56 million
-0.14%
43 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000219
$ 1.09M
$ 1.09 million
+6.22%
44 Prism PRISM $ 0.000563
$ 1.03M
$ 1.03 million
+0.50%
45 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00115
$ 359,952
$ 359,952
-3.63%
46 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00191
$ 211,462
$ 211,462
-0.19%
47 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.00109
$ 193,074
$ 193,074
-1.45%
48 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0785
$ 80,830
$ 80,830
-0.83%
49 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.000908
$ 52,552
$ 52,552
+15.24%
50 Moon Rabbit AAA $ 0.0₇679
$ 21,185
$ 21,185
-6.60%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Mantra DAO OM $ 0.0658
$ 78.33M
$ 78.33 million
+14.74%
Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.339
$ 117.92M
$ 117.92 million
+11.55%
Velvet VELVET $ 0.0787
$ 28.58M
$ 28.58 million
+7.43%
Choise.com CHO $ 0.00188
$ 388,809
$ 388,809
+0.50%
NodeOps NODE $ 0.0153
$ 2.52M
$ 2.52 million
+0.08%
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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