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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 5.48
$ 3.94B
$ 3.94 billion
+0.21%
2 Aave AAVE $ 166.64
$ 2.57B
$ 2.57 billion
+2.71%
3 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.408
$ 596.60M
$ 596.60 million
+0.54%
4 Decred DCR $ 16.39
$ 282.44M
$ 282.44 million
+2.01%
5 Compound COMP $ 27.18
$ 270.92M
$ 270.92 million
+2.92%
6 Maker MKR $ 1,337.12
$ 179.31M
$ 179.31 million
-3.06%
7 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.486
$ 167.25M
$ 167.25 million
+0.75%
8 0x ZRX $ 0.142
$ 120.47M
$ 120.47 million
+2.09%
9 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.332
$ 97.16M
$ 97.16 million
+2.73%
10 Mantra DAO OM $ 0.0788
$ 91.23M
$ 91.23 million
+2.04%
11 Venus XVS $ 5.19
$ 88.24M
$ 88.24 million
+14.42%
12 Illuvium ILV $ 5.97
$ 54.60M
$ 54.60 million
+1.89%
13 Mask Network MASK $ 0.669
$ 53.64M
$ 53.64 million
+3.41%
14 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.0105
$ 53.18M
$ 53.18 million
+0.04%
15 UMA UMA $ 0.794
$ 47.72M
$ 47.72 million
+6.75%
16 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.167
$ 46.75M
$ 46.75 million
+3.65%
17 Velvet VELVET $ 0.136
$ 42.09M
$ 42.09 million
-1.09%
18 Balancer BAL $ 0.547
$ 37.19M
$ 37.19 million
+0.50%
19 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0542
$ 29.69M
$ 29.69 million
+2.91%
20 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.00167
$ 16.06M
$ 16.06 million
+2.13%
21 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0265
$ 14.35M
$ 14.35 million
-0.76%
22 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00638
$ 13.48M
$ 13.48 million
+5.70%
23 Harvest Finance FARM $ 19.57
$ 13.45M
$ 13.45 million
+4.09%
24 Block Block $ 0.0162
$ 11.74M
$ 11.74 million
-4.16%
25 GALEON GALEON $ 0.0138
$ 11.32M
$ 11.32 million
-2.59%
26 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.548
$ 10.98M
$ 10.98 million
-0.23%
27 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0536
$ 10.87M
$ 10.87 million
-0.32%
28 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.451
$ 9.13M
$ 9.13 million
+0.76%
29 BTR token BTR $ 0.0327
$ 8.94M
$ 8.94 million
+3.18%
30 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00245
$ 6.41M
$ 6.41 million
+0.82%
31 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00797
$ 6.31M
$ 6.31 million
+1.08%
32 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0296
$ 5.19M
$ 5.19 million
+1.03%
33 Yala Token YALA $ 0.0197
$ 4.58M
$ 4.58 million
-2.76%
34 REI Network REI $ 0.00383
$ 3.76M
$ 3.76 million
+0.15%
35 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0165
$ 2.58M
$ 2.58 million
-2.12%
36 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0931
$ 1.29M
$ 1.29 million
-0.29%
37 Synesis One SNS $ 0.000690
$ 690,287
$ 690,287
+25.23%
38 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00218
$ 432,173
$ 432,173
-1.66%

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39 ARK ARK $ 18.64
$ 283.24M
$ 283.24 million
-1.81%
40 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 47.94
$ 162.71M
$ 162.71 million
+0.17%
41 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.0115
$ 10.79M
$ 10.79 million
-1.57%
42 decentral.games DG $ 0.00599
$ 5.56M
$ 5.56 million
+0.00%
43 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆254
$ 2.54M
$ 2.54 million
-0.84%
44 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000302
$ 1.51M
$ 1.51 million
+5.44%
45 Prism PRISM $ 0.000627
$ 1.15M
$ 1.15 million
-0.03%
46 PsyDAO Token PSY $ 0.00934
$ 596,445
$ 596,445
+0.55%
47 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00177
$ 552,743
$ 552,743
+1.59%
48 Gamestarter GAME $ 0.00310
$ 446,903
$ 446,903
+45.51%
49 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00300
$ 332,989
$ 332,989
+3.45%
50 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.00133
$ 235,270
$ 235,270
+0.00%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Synesis One SNS $ 0.000690
$ 690,287
$ 690,287
+25.23%
Venus XVS $ 5.19
$ 88.24M
$ 88.24 million
+14.42%
UMA UMA $ 0.794
$ 47.72M
$ 47.72 million
+6.75%
Towns TOWNS $ 0.00638
$ 13.48M
$ 13.48 million
+5.70%
Harvest Finance FARM $ 19.57
$ 13.45M
$ 13.45 million
+4.09%
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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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