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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 5.71
$ 3.54B
$ 3.54 billion
+9.73%
2 Aave AAVE $ 182.40
$ 2.81B
$ 2.81 billion
+0.65%
3 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.354
$ 508.54M
$ 508.54 million
+2.58%
4 Decred DCR $ 17.00
$ 291.99M
$ 291.99 million
+4.01%
5 Compound COMP $ 24.73
$ 245.69M
$ 245.69 million
-0.14%
6 Maker MKR $ 1,470.14
$ 202.90M
$ 202.90 million
+4.75%
7 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 48.06
$ 162.54M
$ 162.54 million
+0.33%
8 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.423
$ 145.76M
$ 145.76 million
+5.03%
9 0x ZRX $ 0.124
$ 105.01M
$ 105.01 million
+2.85%
10 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.298
$ 87.12M
$ 87.12 million
+4.47%
11 Mantra DAO OM $ 0.0702
$ 80.22M
$ 80.22 million
-0.22%
12 Venus XVS $ 4.30
$ 73.18M
$ 73.18 million
-0.33%
13 Velvet VELVET $ 0.201
$ 62.30M
$ 62.30 million
-0.88%
14 Illuvium ILV $ 5.81
$ 53.08M
$ 53.08 million
+2.83%
15 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00952
$ 48.20M
$ 48.20 million
+10.08%
16 Mask Network MASK $ 0.574
$ 46.08M
$ 46.08 million
+2.83%
17 UMA UMA $ 0.720
$ 43.17M
$ 43.17 million
+4.37%
18 Balancer BAL $ 0.630
$ 41.37M
$ 41.37 million
-0.37%
19 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.143
$ 36.55M
$ 36.55 million
+1.32%
20 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0399
$ 21.98M
$ 21.98 million
+1.42%
21 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0274
$ 14.81M
$ 14.81 million
+1.74%
22 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.00137
$ 12.94M
$ 12.94 million
+2.03%
23 Harvest Finance FARM $ 17.80
$ 12.23M
$ 12.23 million
+1.75%
24 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00571
$ 12.04M
$ 12.04 million
+1.36%
25 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.0120
$ 11.29M
$ 11.29 million
-9.49%
26 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0557
$ 11.22M
$ 11.22 million
+0.63%
27 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.533
$ 10.66M
$ 10.66 million
+0.74%
28 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.484
$ 9.82M
$ 9.82 million
+0.46%
29 Block Block $ 0.0132
$ 9.63M
$ 9.63 million
+1.55%
30 BTR token BTR $ 0.0283
$ 8.13M
$ 8.13 million
+3.00%
31 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00760
$ 6.02M
$ 6.02 million
-3.62%
32 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00209
$ 5.45M
$ 5.45 million
+4.74%
33 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0313
$ 4.83M
$ 4.83 million
-8.12%
34 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0273
$ 4.79M
$ 4.79 million
+4.40%
35 Yala Token YALA $ 0.0199
$ 4.64M
$ 4.64 million
+4.52%
36 REI Network REI $ 0.00356
$ 3.48M
$ 3.48 million
+3.56%
37 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0982
$ 1.30M
$ 1.30 million
-2.99%
38 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00270
$ 536,755
$ 536,755
+0.40%

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39 ARK ARK $ 19.30
$ 298.51M
$ 298.51 million
-5.34%
40 GALEON GALEON $ 0.0132
$ 10.85M
$ 10.85 million
-2.20%
41 decentral.games DG $ 0.00599
$ 5.57M
$ 5.57 million
+0.00%
42 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆244
$ 2.44M
$ 2.44 million
-0.43%
43 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000298
$ 1.49M
$ 1.49 million
-3.38%
44 Prism PRISM $ 0.000670
$ 1.23M
$ 1.23 million
-0.78%
45 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00207
$ 643,921
$ 643,921
+5.42%
46 PsyDAO Token PSY $ 0.00980
$ 625,308
$ 625,308
+1.94%
47 Synesis One SNS $ 0.000618
$ 505,190
$ 505,190
+4.12%
48 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00319
$ 353,917
$ 353,917
-3.32%
49 Gamestarter GAME $ 0.00205
$ 294,527
$ 294,527
-2.53%
50 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.00149
$ 263,992
$ 263,992
+2.83%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00952
$ 48.20M
$ 48.20 million
+10.08%
Uniswap UNI $ 5.71
$ 3.54B
$ 3.54 billion
+9.73%
Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.423
$ 145.76M
$ 145.76 million
+5.03%
Maker MKR $ 1,470.14
$ 202.90M
$ 202.90 million
+4.75%
Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00209
$ 5.45M
$ 5.45 million
+4.74%
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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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