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1 Uniswap UNI $7.19
$4.49B
$4.49 billion
+1.14%
2 Bittensor TAO $270.55
$3.14B
$3.14 billion
+1.28%
3 Aave AAVE $152.15
$2.36B
$2.36 billion
+0.43%
4 SKY Governance Token SKY $0.0695
$1.62B
$1.62 billion
-0.99%
5 ARBITRUM ARB $0.186
$1.28B
$1.28 billion
+3.09%
6 Midnight NIGHT $0.0397
$659.94M
$659.94 million
-2.27%
7 Curve DAO Token CRV $0.352
$554.72M
$554.72 million
+1.82%
8 Lido DAO Token LDO $0.388
$321.50M
$321.50 million
+0.15%
9 Decred DCR $14.63
$258.19M
$258.19 million
+1.20%
10 Ethereum Name Service ENS $5.46
$230.63M
$230.63 million
-0.89%
11 Compound COMP $21.24
$212.41M
$212.41 million
-0.73%
12 Fluid FLUID $2.21
$184.98M
$184.98 million
-3.87%
13 Bedrock BR $0.481
$144.99M
$144.99 million
+7.17%
14 ApeCoin APE $0.142
$142.14M
$142.14 million
-5.47%
15 Dexe DEXE $1.69
$141.16M
$141.16 million
-2.19%
16 Synthetix Network SNX $0.210
$122.17M
$122.17 million
-1.76%
17 0x ZRX $0.106
$89.51M
$89.51 million
-2.52%
18 Wormhole W $0.0131
$87.00M
$87.00 million
-3.98%
19 SUSHI SUSHI $0.215
$62.80M
$62.80 million
-1.65%
20 aelf ELF $0.0624
$53.91M
$53.91 million
-1.13%
21 Venus XVS $2.95
$50.51M
$50.51 million
-1.18%
22 Mask Network MASK $0.402
$40.16M
$40.16 million
-3.03%
23 Lisk LSK $0.185
$39.98M
$39.98 million
-14.86%
24 RaveDAO RAVE $0.150
$36.13M
$36.13 million
-5.55%
25 Lista DAO LISTA $0.0742
$35.02M
$35.02 million
-3.24%
26 Velvet VELVET $0.0666
$30.90M
$30.90 million
-4.85%
27 Illuvium ILV $3.29
$30.15M
$30.15 million
-2.29%
28 MANTRA MANTRA $0.00403
$26.81M
$26.81 million
+4.28%
29 Gitcoin GTC $0.265
$26.51M
$26.51 million
+13.46%
30 UMA UMA $0.373
$26.05M
$26.05 million
-3.12%
31 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $0.00743
$23.98M
$23.98 million
-2.30%
32 Yield Guild Games YGG $0.0236
$20.92M
$20.92 million
-4.27%
33 ChainGPT CGPT $0.0214
$19.99M
$19.99 million
-4.30%
34 MESSIER M87 $0.0000171
$17.14M
$17.14 million
-0.04%
35 ARK ARK $6.25
$14.38M
$14.38 million
-0.44%
36 SuperRare RARE $0.0134
$11.00M
$11.00 million
-3.41%
37 Alien Worlds TLM $0.00120
$8.44M
$8.44 million
-2.42%
38 Balancer BAL $0.120
$8.44M
$8.44 million
-1.14%
39 TokenFi TOKEN $0.00189
$7.70M
$7.70 million
-0.74%
40 Hashflow HFT $0.00554
$5.20M
$5.20 million
-8.14%
41 DAO Maker DAO $0.0209
$4.10M
$4.10 million
-6.22%
42 Rarible RARI $0.152
$3.81M
$3.81 million
+0.35%
43 Towns TOWNS $0.00155
$3.33M
$3.33 million
-4.13%
44 Ampleforth Governance Token FORTH $0.239
$2.97M
$2.97 million
+1.83%
45 Checkmate CHECK $0.00991
$1.38M
$1.38 million
+0.19%
46 Cere Network CERE $0.000184
$1.01M
$1.01 million
-0.59%
47 Humanode HMND $0.00282
$761,750
$761,750
-13.25%
48 Block Block $0.00102
$576,839
$576,839
-0.97%
49 Choise.com CHO $0.000664
$124,564
$124,564
-15.09%

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50 Bitget Wallet Token BWB $0.150
$150.96M
$150.96 million
-1.52%
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Trending DAO tokens

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Coins Live Price Market cap 24h
Gitcoin GTC $0.265
$26.51M
$26.51 million
+13.46%
Bedrock BR $0.481
$144.99M
$144.99 million
+7.17%
MANTRA MANTRA $0.00403
$26.81M
$26.81 million
+4.28%
ARBITRUM ARB $0.186
$1.28B
$1.28 billion
+3.09%
Ampleforth Governance Token FORTH $0.239
$2.97M
$2.97 million
+1.83%
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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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