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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.46
$ 2.19B
$ 2.19 billion
+2.74%
2 Aave AAVE $ 117.22
$ 1.81B
$ 1.81 billion
-4.73%
3 Decred DCR $ 23.39
$ 404.32M
$ 404.32 million
+4.22%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.246
$ 360.48M
$ 360.48 million
+2.35%
5 Compound COMP $ 18.21
$ 181.51M
$ 181.51 million
+1.76%
6 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.383
$ 132.07M
$ 132.07 million
+13.80%
7 0x ZRX $ 0.108
$ 92.00M
$ 92.00 million
+2.63%
8 Mantra DAO OM $ 0.0680
$ 80.77M
$ 80.77 million
+6.25%
9 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.203
$ 59.46M
$ 59.46 million
+2.37%
10 Venus XVS $ 3.04
$ 51.78M
$ 51.78 million
-0.67%
11 BTR token BTR $ 0.181
$ 49.81M
$ 49.81 million
+1.84%
12 Mask Network MASK $ 0.454
$ 36.70M
$ 36.70 million
+2.67%
13 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00690
$ 34.95M
$ 34.95 million
+3.05%
14 Illuvium ILV $ 3.82
$ 34.94M
$ 34.94 million
+1.94%
15 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0787
$ 28.65M
$ 28.65 million
-1.05%
16 UMA UMA $ 0.468
$ 28.09M
$ 28.09 million
+0.63%
17 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0862
$ 24.58M
$ 24.58 million
-0.06%
18 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0245
$ 13.50M
$ 13.50 million
+5.57%
19 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0166
$ 11.81M
$ 11.81 million
+0.39%
20 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00172
$ 11.13M
$ 11.13 million
+2.91%
21 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0199
$ 10.77M
$ 10.77 million
-0.56%
22 Balancer BAL $ 0.149
$ 10.16M
$ 10.16 million
-0.08%
23 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000908
$ 8.74M
$ 8.74 million
-0.63%
24 Harvest Finance FARM $ 12.21
$ 8.39M
$ 8.39 million
+1.82%
25 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00377
$ 7.95M
$ 7.95 million
+2.53%
26 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.371
$ 7.40M
$ 7.40 million
+2.01%
27 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0309
$ 6.22M
$ 6.22 million
+1.75%
28 Block Block $ 0.00651
$ 4.68M
$ 4.68 million
-6.07%
29 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00451
$ 3.56M
$ 3.56 million
+5.17%
30 REI Network REI $ 0.00267
$ 2.62M
$ 2.62 million
+5.49%
31 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0156
$ 2.56M
$ 2.56 million
+1.84%
32 Synesis One SNS $ 0.000161
$ 404,062
$ 404,062
-1.84%
33 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00190
$ 392,687
$ 392,687
+0.20%
34 Yala Token YALA $ 0.00127
$ 292,501
$ 292,501
-6.66%

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35 Maker MKR $ 1,791.00
$ 171.92M
$ 171.92 million
+4.54%
36 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 48.03
$ 162.33M
$ 162.33 million
-0.54%
37 GALEON GALEON $ 0.0102
$ 8.41M
$ 8.41 million
+3.45%
38 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00699
$ 6.63M
$ 6.63 million
+2.54%
39 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.302
$ 6.19M
$ 6.19 million
+55.97%
40 decentral.games DG $ 0.00599
$ 5.56M
$ 5.56 million
+0.00%
41 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆150
$ 1.50M
$ 1.50 million
+0.60%
42 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000224
$ 1.12M
$ 1.12 million
+5.37%
43 Prism PRISM $ 0.000562
$ 1.03M
$ 1.03 million
-0.01%
44 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0286
$ 442,113
$ 442,113
-6.65%
45 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00118
$ 367,193
$ 367,193
+2.20%
46 PsyDAO Token PSY $ 0.00481
$ 215,188
$ 215,188
+14.73%
47 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00180
$ 199,794
$ 199,794
-5.53%
48 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.00110
$ 196,265
$ 196,265
+1.65%
49 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0783
$ 80,666
$ 80,666
-0.11%
50 Live Stars LIVE $ 0.000121
$ 19,746
$ 19,746
+56.03%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.383
$ 132.07M
$ 132.07 million
+13.80%
Mantra DAO OM $ 0.0680
$ 80.77M
$ 80.77 million
+6.25%
Marinade MNDE $ 0.0245
$ 13.50M
$ 13.50 million
+5.57%
REI Network REI $ 0.00267
$ 2.62M
$ 2.62 million
+5.49%
Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00451
$ 3.56M
$ 3.56 million
+5.17%
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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