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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.91
$ 2.48B
$ 2.48 billion
+0.93%
2 Aave AAVE $ 112.06
$ 1.74B
$ 1.74 billion
-1.13%
3 Decred DCR $ 28.34
$ 490.86M
$ 490.86 million
-3.70%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.239
$ 350.86M
$ 350.86 million
-3.36%
5 Compound COMP $ 18.93
$ 189.39M
$ 189.39 million
+13.02%
6 Maker MKR $ 1,827.81
$ 174.32M
$ 174.32 million
-2.98%
7 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.311
$ 107.34M
$ 107.34 million
-1.66%
8 0x ZRX $ 0.105
$ 89.50M
$ 89.50 million
-3.21%
9 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.0169
$ 80.55M
$ 80.55 million
-8.10%
10 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.202
$ 59.10M
$ 59.10 million
+0.69%
11 Venus XVS $ 2.95
$ 50.28M
$ 50.28 million
+0.50%
12 Bitlayer BTR $ 0.152
$ 41.83M
$ 41.83 million
+1.73%
13 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00757
$ 38.41M
$ 38.41 million
-3.64%
14 Mask Network MASK $ 0.440
$ 35.89M
$ 35.89 million
-2.87%
15 Illuvium ILV $ 3.91
$ 35.75M
$ 35.75 million
+2.72%
16 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0783
$ 28.63M
$ 28.63 million
-14.73%
17 UMA UMA $ 0.410
$ 24.83M
$ 24.83 million
-3.13%
18 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0852
$ 23.27M
$ 23.27 million
+1.77%
19 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0216
$ 11.84M
$ 11.84 million
-1.25%
20 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00172
$ 11.18M
$ 11.18 million
-0.00%
21 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0152
$ 11.17M
$ 11.17 million
+0.92%
22 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0203
$ 11.01M
$ 11.01 million
-1.25%
23 Balancer BAL $ 0.149
$ 10.12M
$ 10.12 million
+0.64%
24 Harvest Finance FARM $ 13.45
$ 9.26M
$ 9.26 million
+3.38%
25 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00415
$ 8.74M
$ 8.74 million
+19.20%
26 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000857
$ 8.25M
$ 8.25 million
+1.25%
27 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.397
$ 7.94M
$ 7.94 million
+1.46%
28 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0356
$ 7.11M
$ 7.11 million
-2.21%
29 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00702
$ 5.56M
$ 5.56 million
+0.02%
30 Block Block $ 0.00594
$ 4.27M
$ 4.27 million
-1.69%
31 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0142
$ 2.37M
$ 2.37 million
+2.96%
32 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0406
$ 748,251
$ 748,251
-2.72%
33 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00101
$ 210,451
$ 210,451
-2.09%

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34 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 47.99
$ 162.21M
$ 162.21 million
-0.14%
35 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00939
$ 7.75M
$ 7.75 million
+0.54%
36 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00684
$ 6.45M
$ 6.45 million
-0.80%
37 decentral.games DG $ 0.00599
$ 5.56M
$ 5.56 million
+0.00%
38 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.191
$ 3.91M
$ 3.91 million
-1.66%
39 REI Network REI $ 0.00248
$ 2.44M
$ 2.44 million
-1.53%
40 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆155
$ 1.55M
$ 1.55 million
-2.40%
41 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000260
$ 1.30M
$ 1.30 million
+4.29%
42 Prism PRISM $ 0.000486
$ 891,124
$ 891,124
-2.58%
43 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00124
$ 385,696
$ 385,696
-0.05%
44 Yala Token YALA $ 0.000866
$ 242,895
$ 242,895
-1.95%
45 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00215
$ 238,242
$ 238,242
+22.06%
46 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.00102
$ 180,504
$ 180,504
+1.86%
47 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.00183
$ 105,781
$ 105,781
+0.00%
48 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0808
$ 83,218
$ 83,218
-0.58%
49 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000307
$ 77,548
$ 77,548
+3.48%
50 Live Stars LIVE $ 0.000139
$ 22,846
$ 22,846
-11.33%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Towns TOWNS $ 0.00415
$ 8.74M
$ 8.74 million
+19.20%
Compound COMP $ 18.93
$ 189.39M
$ 189.39 million
+13.02%
Harvest Finance FARM $ 13.45
$ 9.26M
$ 9.26 million
+3.38%
NodeOps NODE $ 0.0142
$ 2.37M
$ 2.37 million
+2.96%
Illuvium ILV $ 3.91
$ 35.75M
$ 35.75 million
+2.72%
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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