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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 4.09
$ 2.59B
$ 2.59 billion
+3.24%
2 Aave AAVE $ 119.29
$ 1.84B
$ 1.84 billion
+5.31%
3 Decred DCR $ 27.27
$ 472.16M
$ 472.16 million
-1.16%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.247
$ 362.63M
$ 362.63 million
+5.17%
5 Compound COMP $ 19.61
$ 195.34M
$ 195.34 million
+6.16%
6 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 47.93
$ 162.01M
$ 162.01 million
+0.01%
7 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.324
$ 111.40M
$ 111.40 million
+1.42%
8 0x ZRX $ 0.110
$ 93.47M
$ 93.47 million
+4.16%
9 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.0151
$ 72.26M
$ 72.26 million
-1.43%
10 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.222
$ 64.78M
$ 64.78 million
+5.19%
11 Venus XVS $ 3.16
$ 53.73M
$ 53.73 million
+5.72%
12 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00772
$ 39.18M
$ 39.18 million
+8.04%
13 Mask Network MASK $ 0.471
$ 38.42M
$ 38.42 million
+4.43%
14 Illuvium ILV $ 4.13
$ 37.81M
$ 37.81 million
+3.67%
15 Bitlayer BTR $ 0.120
$ 32.94M
$ 32.94 million
+0.23%
16 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0843
$ 30.81M
$ 30.81 million
-0.56%
17 UMA UMA $ 0.453
$ 27.35M
$ 27.35 million
+4.01%
18 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0885
$ 23.43M
$ 23.43 million
-2.57%
19 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0222
$ 12.20M
$ 12.20 million
+2.18%
20 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00177
$ 11.53M
$ 11.53 million
+1.20%
21 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0152
$ 11.37M
$ 11.37 million
+0.34%
22 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0204
$ 11.05M
$ 11.05 million
+0.28%
23 Balancer BAL $ 0.158
$ 10.74M
$ 10.74 million
+4.28%
24 Harvest Finance FARM $ 13.98
$ 9.60M
$ 9.60 million
+0.98%
25 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00404
$ 8.52M
$ 8.52 million
-9.80%
26 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.402
$ 8.06M
$ 8.06 million
+1.97%
27 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000831
$ 8.01M
$ 8.01 million
+5.42%
28 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0336
$ 6.64M
$ 6.64 million
-1.47%
29 Block Block $ 0.00628
$ 4.52M
$ 4.52 million
+3.24%
30 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00550
$ 4.36M
$ 4.36 million
-6.05%
31 REI Network REI $ 0.00256
$ 2.53M
$ 2.53 million
-2.62%
32 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0145
$ 2.40M
$ 2.40 million
+0.76%
33 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0359
$ 661,944
$ 661,944
+7.11%
34 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00102
$ 219,251
$ 219,251
-0.82%

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35 Maker MKR $ 1,840.94
$ 180.47M
$ 180.47 million
+6.46%
36 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00881
$ 7.27M
$ 7.27 million
-7.58%
37 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00711
$ 6.76M
$ 6.76 million
+3.50%
38 decentral.games DG $ 0.00599
$ 5.56M
$ 5.56 million
+0.00%
39 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.253
$ 5.18M
$ 5.18 million
+27.47%
40 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆171
$ 1.71M
$ 1.71 million
+8.39%
41 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000283
$ 1.41M
$ 1.41 million
-0.49%
42 Prism PRISM $ 0.000484
$ 887,905
$ 887,905
+0.62%
43 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00123
$ 383,870
$ 383,870
+1.99%
44 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00192
$ 212,733
$ 212,733
-11.70%
45 Yala Token YALA $ 0.000719
$ 201,553
$ 201,553
+1.10%
46 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.000992
$ 175,947
$ 175,947
+0.57%
47 PsyDAO Token PSY $ 0.00316
$ 141,478
$ 141,478
+7.99%
48 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.000860
$ 95,423
$ 95,423
-52.95%
49 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000358
$ 90,495
$ 90,495
-3.39%
50 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0851
$ 87,611
$ 87,611
+0.54%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00772
$ 39.18M
$ 39.18 million
+8.04%
OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0359
$ 661,944
$ 661,944
+7.11%
Compound COMP $ 19.61
$ 195.34M
$ 195.34 million
+6.16%
Venus XVS $ 3.16
$ 53.73M
$ 53.73 million
+5.72%
Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000831
$ 8.01M
$ 8.01 million
+5.42%
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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