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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 4.99
$ 3.17B
$ 3.17 billion
-6.13%
2 Aave AAVE $ 163.83
$ 2.52B
$ 2.52 billion
-5.67%
3 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.391
$ 572.98M
$ 572.98 million
-6.56%
4 Decred DCR $ 23.85
$ 410.51M
$ 410.51 million
+2.27%
5 Compound COMP $ 25.12
$ 250.43M
$ 250.43 million
-5.91%
6 Maker MKR $ 1,552.36
$ 154.12M
$ 154.12 million
+1.57%
7 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.438
$ 150.71M
$ 150.71 million
-8.63%
8 0x ZRX $ 0.134
$ 113.65M
$ 113.65 million
-8.73%
9 Venus XVS $ 5.66
$ 96.31M
$ 96.31 million
-0.54%
10 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.307
$ 89.58M
$ 89.58 million
-11.59%
11 Mantra DAO OM $ 0.0677
$ 78.72M
$ 78.72 million
-11.38%
12 Illuvium ILV $ 5.84
$ 53.42M
$ 53.42 million
-10.45%
13 Mask Network MASK $ 0.618
$ 49.55M
$ 49.55 million
-8.62%
14 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00945
$ 47.86M
$ 47.86 million
-11.00%
15 Velvet VELVET $ 0.143
$ 44.61M
$ 44.61 million
-1.52%
16 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.152
$ 44.01M
$ 44.01 million
-9.84%
17 UMA UMA $ 0.729
$ 43.76M
$ 43.76 million
-7.34%
18 Balancer BAL $ 0.537
$ 36.56M
$ 36.56 million
-2.25%
19 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0441
$ 24.14M
$ 24.14 million
-2.59%
20 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0281
$ 19.30M
$ 19.30 million
-10.20%
21 BTR token BTR $ 0.0599
$ 16.46M
$ 16.46 million
-13.93%
22 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00222
$ 14.34M
$ 14.34 million
-11.63%
23 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.00142
$ 13.66M
$ 13.66 million
-12.06%
24 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00640
$ 13.51M
$ 13.51 million
-5.65%
25 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0249
$ 13.49M
$ 13.49 million
-3.81%
26 Harvest Finance FARM $ 18.48
$ 12.70M
$ 12.70 million
-4.43%
27 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.561
$ 11.18M
$ 11.18 million
-2.48%
28 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0518
$ 10.47M
$ 10.47 million
-3.75%
29 Block Block $ 0.0139
$ 10.07M
$ 10.07 million
+0.93%
30 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.429
$ 8.68M
$ 8.68 million
-7.76%
31 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00763
$ 6.04M
$ 6.04 million
+1.97%
32 REI Network REI $ 0.00405
$ 3.91M
$ 3.91 million
+4.28%
33 Yala Token YALA $ 0.0147
$ 3.36M
$ 3.36 million
-17.31%
34 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0146
$ 2.26M
$ 2.26 million
-1.32%
35 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0752
$ 1.01M
$ 1.01 million
-7.90%
36 Synesis One SNS $ 0.000542
$ 542,840
$ 542,840
-0.81%
37 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00206
$ 420,464
$ 420,464
-1.53%

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38 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 47.95
$ 162.09M
$ 162.09 million
+0.40%
39 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.0118
$ 11.10M
$ 11.10 million
-3.95%
40 GALEON GALEON $ 0.0116
$ 9.49M
$ 9.49 million
-1.95%
41 decentral.games DG $ 0.00599
$ 5.57M
$ 5.57 million
+0.00%
42 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆257
$ 2.57M
$ 2.57 million
-4.26%
43 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000442
$ 2.21M
$ 2.21 million
-7.89%
44 Prism PRISM $ 0.000635
$ 1.17M
$ 1.17 million
+0.21%
45 PsyDAO Token PSY $ 0.00980
$ 626,262
$ 626,262
-2.74%
46 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00310
$ 344,089
$ 344,089
+0.00%
47 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00110
$ 341,759
$ 341,759
-1.31%
48 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.00127
$ 224,987
$ 224,987
-3.79%
49 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.00165
$ 95,715
$ 95,715
+306.18%
50 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0898
$ 92,446
$ 92,446
+1.76%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
REI Network REI $ 0.00405
$ 3.91M
$ 3.91 million
+4.28%
Decred DCR $ 23.85
$ 410.51M
$ 410.51 million
+2.27%
Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00763
$ 6.04M
$ 6.04 million
+1.97%
Maker MKR $ 1,552.36
$ 154.12M
$ 154.12 million
+1.57%
Block Block $ 0.0139
$ 10.07M
$ 10.07 million
+0.93%
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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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