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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.85
$ 2.44B
$ 2.44 billion
-3.91%
2 Aave AAVE $ 110.94
$ 1.71B
$ 1.71 billion
-5.99%
3 Decred DCR $ 28.78
$ 498.12M
$ 498.12 million
-7.37%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.243
$ 355.90M
$ 355.90 million
-4.15%
5 Compound COMP $ 17.43
$ 173.75M
$ 173.75 million
-3.88%
6 Maker MKR $ 1,684.07
$ 160.86M
$ 160.86 million
-6.28%
7 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.322
$ 110.88M
$ 110.88 million
-3.93%
8 0x ZRX $ 0.105
$ 88.85M
$ 88.85 million
-3.96%
9 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.0183
$ 86.98M
$ 86.98 million
-9.31%
10 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.199
$ 58.07M
$ 58.07 million
-4.61%
11 Venus XVS $ 3.00
$ 51.07M
$ 51.07 million
-1.96%
12 BTR token BTR $ 0.182
$ 49.88M
$ 49.88 million
+1.60%
13 Mask Network MASK $ 0.436
$ 35.27M
$ 35.27 million
-4.16%
14 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00690
$ 34.95M
$ 34.95 million
-4.27%
15 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0947
$ 34.46M
$ 34.46 million
-4.89%
16 Illuvium ILV $ 3.57
$ 32.63M
$ 32.63 million
-5.10%
17 UMA UMA $ 0.417
$ 24.89M
$ 24.89 million
-3.10%
18 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0853
$ 24.25M
$ 24.25 million
-3.39%
19 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0218
$ 11.91M
$ 11.91 million
-2.15%
20 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0158
$ 11.58M
$ 11.58 million
+4.54%
21 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0213
$ 11.57M
$ 11.57 million
-2.38%
22 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00165
$ 10.75M
$ 10.75 million
-2.73%
23 Balancer BAL $ 0.150
$ 10.21M
$ 10.21 million
-5.72%
24 Harvest Finance FARM $ 11.99
$ 8.23M
$ 8.23 million
-9.14%
25 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000827
$ 7.95M
$ 7.95 million
-3.21%
26 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.379
$ 7.59M
$ 7.59 million
-2.12%
27 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00339
$ 7.15M
$ 7.15 million
-11.77%
28 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0342
$ 6.99M
$ 6.99 million
+3.76%
29 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00677
$ 5.36M
$ 5.36 million
-5.91%
30 Block Block $ 0.00591
$ 4.25M
$ 4.25 million
+1.26%
31 REI Network REI $ 0.00242
$ 2.39M
$ 2.39 million
-1.30%
32 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0143
$ 2.34M
$ 2.34 million
+0.10%
33 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0357
$ 607,660
$ 607,660
-0.79%
34 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00106
$ 221,875
$ 221,875
-2.81%

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35 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 47.99
$ 162.20M
$ 162.20 million
-0.05%
36 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00954
$ 7.87M
$ 7.87 million
-5.17%
37 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00682
$ 6.48M
$ 6.48 million
-3.39%
38 decentral.games DG $ 0.00599
$ 5.56M
$ 5.56 million
+0.00%
39 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.184
$ 3.76M
$ 3.76 million
-1.50%
40 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆149
$ 1.49M
$ 1.49 million
-5.95%
41 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000217
$ 1.09M
$ 1.09 million
+0.09%
42 Prism PRISM $ 0.000531
$ 974,913
$ 974,913
+1.65%
43 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00139
$ 432,677
$ 432,677
-0.09%
44 Yala Token YALA $ 0.000997
$ 277,773
$ 277,773
-1.16%
45 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00167
$ 185,903
$ 185,903
-22.01%
46 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.00101
$ 179,706
$ 179,706
+2.54%
47 PsyDAO Token PSY $ 0.00288
$ 128,827
$ 128,827
-2.81%
48 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0801
$ 82,467
$ 82,467
-1.72%
49 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000185
$ 46,679
$ 46,679
-16.10%
50 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.000800
$ 46,300
$ 46,300
-56.23%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Hashflow HFT $ 0.0158
$ 11.58M
$ 11.58 million
+4.54%
DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0342
$ 6.99M
$ 6.99 million
+3.76%
BTR token BTR $ 0.182
$ 49.88M
$ 49.88 million
+1.60%
Block Block $ 0.00591
$ 4.25M
$ 4.25 million
+1.26%
NodeOps NODE $ 0.0143
$ 2.34M
$ 2.34 million
+0.10%
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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