DAO tokens

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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.85
$ 2.44B
$ 2.44 billion
-2.02%
2 Aave AAVE $ 110.66
$ 1.71B
$ 1.71 billion
+1.12%
3 Decred DCR $ 29.27
$ 506.98M
$ 506.98 million
-0.38%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.239
$ 350.68M
$ 350.68 million
-4.87%
5 Maker MKR $ 1,824.14
$ 173.97M
$ 173.97 million
+2.37%
6 Compound COMP $ 16.93
$ 168.81M
$ 168.81 million
+0.29%
7 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.310
$ 106.76M
$ 106.76 million
-0.97%
8 0x ZRX $ 0.106
$ 90.34M
$ 90.34 million
-3.19%
9 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.0177
$ 84.21M
$ 84.21 million
-3.28%
10 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.198
$ 57.87M
$ 57.87 million
-0.48%
11 Venus XVS $ 2.94
$ 50.10M
$ 50.10 million
-0.58%
12 Bitlayer BTR $ 0.147
$ 40.53M
$ 40.53 million
-1.13%
13 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00758
$ 38.44M
$ 38.44 million
-3.15%
14 Mask Network MASK $ 0.443
$ 36.17M
$ 36.17 million
-1.72%
15 Illuvium ILV $ 3.81
$ 34.83M
$ 34.83 million
+0.04%
16 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0898
$ 32.82M
$ 32.82 million
-2.65%
17 UMA UMA $ 0.409
$ 24.71M
$ 24.71 million
-2.83%
18 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0824
$ 22.47M
$ 22.47 million
-2.33%
19 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0218
$ 11.85M
$ 11.85 million
+2.47%
20 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00172
$ 11.19M
$ 11.19 million
+1.77%
21 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0205
$ 11.09M
$ 11.09 million
+0.07%
22 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0147
$ 10.76M
$ 10.76 million
-0.27%
23 Balancer BAL $ 0.146
$ 9.94M
$ 9.94 million
-1.06%
24 Harvest Finance FARM $ 13.24
$ 9.10M
$ 9.10 million
-0.01%
25 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000836
$ 8.05M
$ 8.05 million
+1.37%
26 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.398
$ 7.96M
$ 7.96 million
+1.59%
27 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00347
$ 7.33M
$ 7.33 million
+1.68%
28 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0359
$ 7.18M
$ 7.18 million
-2.21%
29 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00684
$ 5.43M
$ 5.43 million
+1.11%
30 Block Block $ 0.00586
$ 4.21M
$ 4.21 million
-2.54%
31 REI Network REI $ 0.00250
$ 2.47M
$ 2.47 million
+2.55%
32 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0140
$ 2.31M
$ 2.31 million
-0.77%
33 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0389
$ 717,288
$ 717,288
+4.98%
34 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00103
$ 214,328
$ 214,328
-2.59%

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35 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 48.01
$ 162.26M
$ 162.26 million
+0.09%
36 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00928
$ 7.66M
$ 7.66 million
-6.17%
37 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00681
$ 6.47M
$ 6.47 million
+1.98%
38 decentral.games DG $ 0.00599
$ 5.56M
$ 5.56 million
+0.00%
39 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.191
$ 3.91M
$ 3.91 million
+7.31%
40 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆156
$ 1.56M
$ 1.56 million
+2.13%
41 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000268
$ 1.34M
$ 1.34 million
+5.61%
42 Prism PRISM $ 0.000485
$ 891,887
$ 891,887
-0.93%
43 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00124
$ 387,539
$ 387,539
-1.14%
44 Yala Token YALA $ 0.000879
$ 246,663
$ 246,663
+13.13%
45 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00172
$ 190,831
$ 190,831
-0.38%
46 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.00102
$ 180,505
$ 180,505
+2.59%
47 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.00183
$ 105,781
$ 105,781
+125.47%
48 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000336
$ 84,868
$ 84,868
+10.19%
49 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0807
$ 83,113
$ 83,113
-0.54%
50 Live Stars LIVE $ 0.000153
$ 26,180
$ 26,180
-3.07%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0389
$ 717,288
$ 717,288
+4.98%
REI Network REI $ 0.00250
$ 2.47M
$ 2.47 million
+2.55%
Marinade MNDE $ 0.0218
$ 11.85M
$ 11.85 million
+2.47%
Maker MKR $ 1,824.14
$ 173.97M
$ 173.97 million
+2.37%
Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00172
$ 11.19M
$ 11.19 million
+1.77%
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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