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# Coins Live Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $4.41
$2.75B
$2.75 billion
+7.55%
2 Bittensor TAO $233.15
$2.63B
$2.63 billion
+6.65%
3 Aave AAVE $141.89
$2.20B
$2.20 billion
+15.83%
4 SKY Governance Token SKY $0.0684
$1.60B
$1.60 billion
+6.59%
5 ARBITRUM ARB $0.0992
$662.44M
$662.44 million
+3.17%
6 Curve DAO Token CRV $0.326
$505.39M
$505.39 million
+1.04%
7 Lido DAO Token LDO $0.388
$324.49M
$324.49 million
+10.02%
8 Midnight NIGHT $0.0195
$323.59M
$323.59 million
-1.95%
9 Velvet VELVET $0.678
$314.48M
$314.48 million
+0.84%
10 Decred DCR $13.88
$243.41M
$243.41 million
+1.27%
11 Ethereum Name Service ENS $5.71
$239.92M
$239.92 million
+2.75%
12 Compound COMP $20.04
$200.35M
$200.35 million
+2.30%
13 Dexe DEXE $1.87
$156.20M
$156.20 million
-0.36%
14 Synthetix Network SNX $0.224
$130.64M
$130.64 million
+2.97%
15 Fluid FLUID $1.34
$112.01M
$112.01 million
+4.34%
16 ApeCoin APE $0.145
$109.01M
$109.01 million
+1.30%
17 0x ZRX $0.0976
$82.80M
$82.80 million
+3.87%
18 Bedrock BR $0.222
$67.00M
$67.00 million
-4.47%
19 RaveDAO RAVE $0.278
$66.49M
$66.49 million
-0.51%
20 Wormhole W $0.00947
$60.47M
$60.47 million
+5.87%
21 SUSHI SUSHI $0.201
$58.79M
$58.79 million
+0.92%
22 Venus XVS $3.10
$53.10M
$53.10 million
+2.51%
23 Mask Network MASK $0.420
$42.02M
$42.02 million
+3.11%
24 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $0.0106
$32.46M
$32.46 million
+2.93%
25 Lista DAO LISTA $0.0684
$30.15M
$30.15 million
+1.81%
26 Illuvium ILV $3.28
$30.05M
$30.05 million
+1.86%
27 MANTRA MANTRA $0.00428
$27.09M
$27.09 million
-0.74%
28 UMA UMA $0.369
$25.20M
$25.20 million
+3.15%
29 Yield Guild Games YGG $0.0225
$21.21M
$21.21 million
+2.31%
30 Lisk LSK $0.0908
$20.51M
$20.51 million
+5.00%
31 ChainGPT CGPT $0.0207
$19.32M
$19.32 million
+1.02%
32 SuperRare RARE $0.0122
$10.00M
$10.00 million
+0.76%
33 Alien Worlds TLM $0.00140
$9.84M
$9.84 million
+0.99%
34 TokenFi TOKEN $0.00228
$9.02M
$9.02 million
+0.36%
35 Gitcoin GTC $0.0858
$8.58M
$8.58 million
+3.63%
36 Balancer BAL $0.120
$8.32M
$8.32 million
+2.54%
37 Badger DAO BADGER $0.368
$7.14M
$7.14 million
+3.49%
38 Hashflow HFT $0.00612
$5.62M
$5.62 million
-2.02%
39 Towns TOWNS $0.00248
$5.23M
$5.23 million
+4.04%
40 Harvest Finance FARM $7.06
$4.84M
$4.84 million
-15.07%
41 Alephium ALPH $0.0333
$4.53M
$4.53 million
-6.85%
42 DAO Maker DAO $0.0221
$4.45M
$4.45 million
+2.51%
43 Cryptex CTX $0.288
$2.70M
$2.70 million
-4.18%
44 Checkmate CHECK $0.0136
$2.57M
$2.57 million
+5.10%
45 Ampleforth Governance Token FORTH $0.182
$2.26M
$2.26 million
+3.97%
46 Rarible RARI $0.0828
$2.07M
$2.07 million
-1.35%
47 NodeOps NODE $0.00582
$1.75M
$1.75 million
-1.19%
48 Numbers Protocol NUM $0.00221
$815,866
$815,866
+6.53%
49 Humanode HMND $0.00154
$389,552
$389,552
-5.36%
50 OpenxAI OPENX $0.00795
$191,517
$191,517
-4.09%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Live Price Market cap 24h
Aave AAVE $141.89
$2.20B
$2.20 billion
+15.83%
Lido DAO Token LDO $0.388
$324.49M
$324.49 million
+10.02%
Uniswap UNI $4.41
$2.75B
$2.75 billion
+7.55%
Bittensor TAO $233.15
$2.63B
$2.63 billion
+6.65%
SKY Governance Token SKY $0.0684
$1.60B
$1.60 billion
+6.59%
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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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