DAO tokens

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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 4.03
$ 2.56B
$ 2.56 billion
+9.62%
2 Aave AAVE $ 97.39
$ 1.51B
$ 1.51 billion
+0.62%
3 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.254
$ 374.88M
$ 374.88 million
+1.01%
4 Decred DCR $ 19.26
$ 335.30M
$ 335.30 million
-1.63%
5 Compound COMP $ 22.93
$ 228.90M
$ 228.90 million
-0.15%
6 Maker MKR $ 1,850.91
$ 168.18M
$ 168.18 million
-3.40%
7 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.361
$ 124.17M
$ 124.17 million
+0.18%
8 0x ZRX $ 0.121
$ 102.98M
$ 102.98 million
+0.44%
9 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.252
$ 72.80M
$ 72.80 million
+1.85%
10 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.0109
$ 54.17M
$ 54.17 million
-0.74%
11 Mask Network MASK $ 0.539
$ 53.84M
$ 53.84 million
+0.76%
12 Venus XVS $ 2.83
$ 48.28M
$ 48.28 million
+0.93%
13 Illuvium ILV $ 5.03
$ 46.02M
$ 46.02 million
-3.99%
14 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0909
$ 33.42M
$ 33.42 million
+1.10%
15 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0912
$ 33.17M
$ 33.17 million
-1.19%
16 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00829
$ 32.06M
$ 32.06 million
-2.57%
17 UMA UMA $ 0.508
$ 31.57M
$ 31.57 million
+0.03%
18 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00200
$ 13.13M
$ 13.13 million
-2.22%
19 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0162
$ 13.00M
$ 13.00 million
-2.20%
20 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0231
$ 12.56M
$ 12.56 million
+8.08%
21 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0207
$ 11.13M
$ 11.13 million
-1.63%
22 Balancer BAL $ 0.155
$ 10.55M
$ 10.55 million
-2.47%
23 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0490
$ 9.44M
$ 9.44 million
-5.11%
24 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.477
$ 9.29M
$ 9.29 million
+2.24%
25 Harvest Finance FARM $ 12.46
$ 8.56M
$ 8.56 million
-2.28%
26 Bitlayer BTR $ 0.0307
$ 8.31M
$ 8.31 million
-0.15%
27 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00388
$ 8.20M
$ 8.20 million
+3.75%
28 Checkmate CHECK $ 0.0389
$ 5.91M
$ 5.91 million
-0.73%
29 Block Block $ 0.00647
$ 5.02M
$ 5.02 million
-0.76%
30 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0118
$ 2.14M
$ 2.14 million
+0.45%
31 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00432
$ 1.56M
$ 1.56 million
+3.16%
32 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.0000824
$ 762,669
$ 762,669
-2.27%
33 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00131
$ 301,368
$ 301,368
-4.17%

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34 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 32.68
$ 110.45M
$ 110.45 million
+1.95%
35 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.646
$ 13.22M
$ 13.22 million
+8.38%
36 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00641
$ 6.10M
$ 6.10 million
+0.86%
37 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00689
$ 5.68M
$ 5.68 million
+0.01%
38 REI Network REI $ 0.00305
$ 3.02M
$ 3.02 million
+1.19%
39 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000148
$ 739,259
$ 739,259
-4.32%
40 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00221
$ 688,883
$ 688,883
-1.41%
41 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0271
$ 538,746
$ 538,746
+1.77%
42 PsyDAO Token PSY $ 0.00625
$ 278,468
$ 278,468
+4.48%
43 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00232
$ 257,607
$ 257,607
+0.28%
44 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.00183
$ 202,797
$ 202,797
+282.72%
45 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000671
$ 169,335
$ 169,335
+3.30%
46 Yala Token YALA $ 0.000467
$ 134,682
$ 134,682
+6.26%
47 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.000649
$ 116,343
$ 116,343
+0.66%
48 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0862
$ 88,707
$ 88,707
+0.60%
49 Moon Rabbit AAA $ 0.0₆197
$ 61,526
$ 61,526
+0.92%
50 Aragon Network Token ANT $ 0.000121
$ 5,241
$ 5,241
+0.12%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Uniswap UNI $ 4.03
$ 2.56B
$ 2.56 billion
+9.62%
HOPR HOPR $ 0.0231
$ 12.56M
$ 12.56 million
+8.08%
Towns TOWNS $ 0.00388
$ 8.20M
$ 8.20 million
+3.75%
Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00432
$ 1.56M
$ 1.56 million
+3.16%
Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.477
$ 9.29M
$ 9.29 million
+2.24%
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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