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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.60
$ 2.28B
$ 2.28 billion
+0.41%
2 Aave AAVE $ 112.11
$ 1.73B
$ 1.73 billion
+1.60%
3 Decred DCR $ 20.78
$ 360.26M
$ 360.26 million
-5.90%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.233
$ 341.65M
$ 341.65 million
+5.48%
5 Compound COMP $ 19.61
$ 195.67M
$ 195.67 million
+2.86%
6 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 47.84
$ 161.69M
$ 161.69 million
-0.16%
7 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.303
$ 104.31M
$ 104.31 million
+1.04%
8 0x ZRX $ 0.104
$ 88.52M
$ 88.52 million
-0.73%
9 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.0123
$ 59.34M
$ 59.34 million
-0.46%
10 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.200
$ 58.47M
$ 58.47 million
+1.32%
11 Venus XVS $ 2.75
$ 46.77M
$ 46.77 million
-1.48%
12 Mask Network MASK $ 0.452
$ 36.85M
$ 36.85 million
-1.79%
13 Illuvium ILV $ 3.67
$ 33.60M
$ 33.60 million
+0.64%
14 UMA UMA $ 0.429
$ 27.94M
$ 27.94 million
+1.02%
15 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00691
$ 26.94M
$ 26.94 million
+2.12%
16 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0680
$ 24.92M
$ 24.92 million
+6.83%
17 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0843
$ 23.80M
$ 23.80 million
+0.67%
18 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00172
$ 11.21M
$ 11.21 million
+0.94%
19 Bitlayer BTR $ 0.0408
$ 11.07M
$ 11.07 million
+0.10%
20 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0203
$ 11.04M
$ 11.04 million
-1.12%
21 Balancer BAL $ 0.156
$ 10.66M
$ 10.66 million
+0.96%
22 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0187
$ 10.29M
$ 10.29 million
-1.72%
23 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0135
$ 10.27M
$ 10.27 million
-2.20%
24 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0507
$ 10.15M
$ 10.15 million
+34.51%
25 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00402
$ 8.47M
$ 8.47 million
+6.83%
26 Harvest Finance FARM $ 12.10
$ 8.31M
$ 8.31 million
+1.13%
27 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.365
$ 7.32M
$ 7.32 million
-0.67%
28 Block Block $ 0.00548
$ 4.10M
$ 4.10 million
+1.52%
29 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00501
$ 3.97M
$ 3.97 million
-2.41%
30 REI Network REI $ 0.00259
$ 2.52M
$ 2.52 million
+3.09%
31 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0135
$ 2.22M
$ 2.22 million
-0.45%
32 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0255
$ 483,277
$ 483,277
+4.51%
33 Choise.com CHO $ 0.000977
$ 210,905
$ 210,905
+0.05%

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34 Maker MKR $ 1,731.38
$ 164.46M
$ 164.46 million
+0.21%
35 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00881
$ 7.27M
$ 7.27 million
+2.92%
36 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00707
$ 6.72M
$ 6.72 million
+5.12%
37 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000816
$ 6.38M
$ 6.38 million
+20.24%
38 decentral.games DG $ 0.00599
$ 5.56M
$ 5.56 million
+0.00%
39 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.245
$ 5.02M
$ 5.02 million
-1.59%
40 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆160
$ 1.60M
$ 1.60 million
+1.14%
41 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000267
$ 1.33M
$ 1.33 million
+7.23%
42 Prism PRISM $ 0.000480
$ 880,295
$ 880,295
+2.46%
43 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00168
$ 524,770
$ 524,770
+1.28%
44 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00218
$ 241,835
$ 241,835
+1.18%
45 Yala Token YALA $ 0.000643
$ 182,943
$ 182,943
+0.31%
46 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.00102
$ 180,096
$ 180,096
+0.47%
47 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000426
$ 107,462
$ 107,462
+9.59%
48 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.00183
$ 105,781
$ 105,781
+0.00%
49 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0861
$ 88,619
$ 88,619
+0.28%
50 Moon Rabbit AAA $ 0.0₇581
$ 18,408
$ 18,408
+0.17%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0507
$ 10.15M
$ 10.15 million
+34.51%
Towns TOWNS $ 0.00402
$ 8.47M
$ 8.47 million
+6.83%
Velvet VELVET $ 0.0680
$ 24.92M
$ 24.92 million
+6.83%
Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.233
$ 341.65M
$ 341.65 million
+5.48%
OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0255
$ 483,277
$ 483,277
+4.51%
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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