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# Coins Live Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $7.13
$4.44B
$4.44 billion
-0.68%
2 Bittensor TAO $264.28
$2.99B
$2.99 billion
+12.86%
3 Aave AAVE $132.67
$2.06B
$2.06 billion
-1.83%
4 SKY Governance Token SKY $0.0702
$1.64B
$1.64 billion
+2.70%
5 ARBITRUM ARB $0.182
$1.21B
$1.21 billion
+21.73%
6 Curve DAO Token CRV $0.376
$584.72M
$584.72 million
+1.78%
7 Midnight NIGHT $0.0233
$386.66M
$386.66 million
+5.34%
8 Lido DAO Token LDO $0.418
$348.91M
$348.91 million
+6.55%
9 Decred DCR $16.59
$292.51M
$292.51 million
+1.27%
10 Ethereum Name Service ENS $6.20
$260.77M
$260.77 million
+4.07%
11 Compound COMP $21.02
$210.24M
$210.24 million
+3.24%
12 Dexe DEXE $1.96
$164.45M
$164.45 million
-1.48%
13 ApeCoin APE $0.143
$142.55M
$142.55 million
+0.30%
14 Synthetix Network SNX $0.236
$137.11M
$137.11 million
+9.50%
15 Fluid FLUID $1.27
$106.09M
$106.09 million
+1.26%
16 0x ZRX $0.106
$90.02M
$90.02 million
+1.86%
17 SUSHI SUSHI $0.258
$75.42M
$75.42 million
-3.91%
18 Bedrock BR $0.235
$70.82M
$70.82 million
-14.09%
19 Wormhole W $0.0104
$67.16M
$67.16 million
+4.83%
20 RaveDAO RAVE $0.255
$62.09M
$62.09 million
+0.35%
21 Venus XVS $3.29
$56.36M
$56.36 million
+0.33%
22 aelf ELF $0.0612
$52.87M
$52.87 million
+16.25%
23 Mask Network MASK $0.469
$46.87M
$46.87 million
+3.79%
24 Velvet VELVET $0.0792
$36.74M
$36.74 million
-7.74%
25 Lista DAO LISTA $0.0789
$34.84M
$34.84 million
-1.13%
26 Illuvium ILV $3.28
$30.07M
$30.07 million
+3.83%
27 MANTRA MANTRA $0.00456
$29.06M
$29.06 million
+0.96%
28 UMA UMA $0.393
$26.88M
$26.88 million
+1.17%
29 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $0.00805
$26.20M
$26.20 million
-2.78%
30 Lisk LSK $0.103
$23.71M
$23.71 million
+0.76%
31 Yield Guild Games YGG $0.0242
$22.84M
$22.84 million
+3.26%
32 ChainGPT CGPT $0.0217
$20.25M
$20.25 million
+3.76%
33 VVS Finance VVS $0.0₆970
$15.63M
$15.63 million
+0.86%
34 SuperRare RARE $0.0125
$10.27M
$10.27 million
-0.63%
35 Alien Worlds TLM $0.00145
$10.15M
$10.15 million
-0.22%
36 TokenFi TOKEN $0.00222
$8.81M
$8.81 million
-1.49%
37 Gitcoin GTC $0.0818
$8.18M
$8.18 million
-0.41%
38 Balancer BAL $0.109
$7.57M
$7.57 million
-1.16%
39 Alephium ALPH $0.0473
$6.46M
$6.46 million
-0.49%
40 Hashflow HFT $0.00653
$6.01M
$6.01 million
-0.76%
41 MESSIER M87 $0.0₅552
$5.52M
$5.52 million
-4.10%
42 DAO Maker DAO $0.0233
$4.64M
$4.64 million
-0.14%
43 Towns TOWNS $0.00213
$4.49M
$4.49 million
-3.15%
44 Cryptex CTX $0.392
$3.67M
$3.67 million
-15.96%
45 Checkmate CHECK $0.0131
$2.20M
$2.20 million
+0.80%
46 NodeOps NODE $0.00603
$1.81M
$1.81 million
-1.16%
47 Block Block $0.00149
$852,380
$852,380
-2.47%

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48 AGON Agent AGON $21.18
$21.18B
$21.18 billion
+0.19%
49 ARCS ARX $0.144
$664.41M
$664.41 million
+8.85%
50 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $68.15
$230.36M
$230.36 million
+1.24%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Live Price Market cap 24h
ARBITRUM ARB $0.182
$1.21B
$1.21 billion
+21.73%
aelf ELF $0.0612
$52.87M
$52.87 million
+16.25%
Bittensor TAO $264.28
$2.99B
$2.99 billion
+12.86%
Synthetix Network SNX $0.236
$137.11M
$137.11 million
+9.50%
Lido DAO Token LDO $0.418
$348.91M
$348.91 million
+6.55%
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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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