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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.92
$ 2.48B
$ 2.48 billion
-0.56%
2 Aave AAVE $ 111.70
$ 1.72B
$ 1.72 billion
-8.93%
3 Decred DCR $ 29.23
$ 505.41M
$ 505.41 million
-3.54%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.253
$ 370.53M
$ 370.53 million
+1.10%
5 Compound COMP $ 17.23
$ 171.73M
$ 171.73 million
-2.22%
6 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.312
$ 107.36M
$ 107.36 million
-0.34%
7 0x ZRX $ 0.104
$ 88.03M
$ 88.03 million
-2.32%
8 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.204
$ 59.57M
$ 59.57 million
-0.99%
9 BTR token BTR $ 0.191
$ 52.51M
$ 52.51 million
+5.92%
10 Venus XVS $ 2.99
$ 50.82M
$ 50.82 million
-0.04%
11 Mask Network MASK $ 0.432
$ 34.95M
$ 34.95 million
-0.96%
12 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00660
$ 33.40M
$ 33.40 million
+3.44%
13 Illuvium ILV $ 3.51
$ 32.10M
$ 32.10 million
-3.06%
14 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0812
$ 29.55M
$ 29.55 million
-0.58%
15 UMA UMA $ 0.434
$ 25.93M
$ 25.93 million
+0.70%
16 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0846
$ 24.11M
$ 24.11 million
+0.05%
17 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0225
$ 12.30M
$ 12.30 million
+1.76%
18 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0206
$ 11.17M
$ 11.17 million
-19.59%
19 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00167
$ 10.84M
$ 10.84 million
-3.26%
20 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0143
$ 10.29M
$ 10.29 million
+3.81%
21 Balancer BAL $ 0.132
$ 8.99M
$ 8.99 million
-4.48%
22 Harvest Finance FARM $ 12.67
$ 8.70M
$ 8.70 million
+4.22%
23 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000826
$ 7.94M
$ 7.94 million
+2.31%
24 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.373
$ 7.47M
$ 7.47 million
-0.06%
25 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00340
$ 7.17M
$ 7.17 million
+0.49%
26 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0350
$ 7.15M
$ 7.15 million
-5.06%
27 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00687
$ 6.53M
$ 6.53 million
-3.76%
28 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00583
$ 4.62M
$ 4.62 million
-1.47%
29 Block Block $ 0.00595
$ 4.28M
$ 4.28 million
-1.41%
30 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0140
$ 2.31M
$ 2.31 million
-1.78%
31 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆151
$ 1.51M
$ 1.51 million
-2.25%
32 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00144
$ 300,541
$ 300,541
+1.58%

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33 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 48.02
$ 162.30M
$ 162.30 million
-0.01%
34 Maker MKR $ 1,688.92
$ 161.32M
$ 161.32 million
+0.88%
35 Mantra DAO OM $ 0.0791
$ 94.13M
$ 94.13 million
+16.95%
36 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00992
$ 8.18M
$ 8.18 million
-3.22%
37 decentral.games DG $ 0.00599
$ 5.56M
$ 5.56 million
+0.00%
38 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.192
$ 3.92M
$ 3.92 million
+1.97%
39 REI Network REI $ 0.00252
$ 2.49M
$ 2.49 million
+0.14%
40 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000219
$ 1.09M
$ 1.09 million
-15.60%
41 Prism PRISM $ 0.000537
$ 986,212
$ 986,212
+3.15%
42 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0270
$ 426,819
$ 426,819
-8.21%
43 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00137
$ 426,626
$ 426,626
-4.23%
44 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00206
$ 228,581
$ 228,581
+19.10%
45 Yala Token YALA $ 0.000740
$ 206,290
$ 206,290
-25.87%
46 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.00103
$ 183,145
$ 183,145
+4.77%
47 PsyDAO Token PSY $ 0.00298
$ 133,620
$ 133,620
+2.21%
48 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0811
$ 83,466
$ 83,466
-0.26%
49 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000221
$ 55,804
$ 55,804
-62.48%
50 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.000795
$ 46,046
$ 46,046
-0.81%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
BTR token BTR $ 0.191
$ 52.51M
$ 52.51 million
+5.92%
Harvest Finance FARM $ 12.67
$ 8.70M
$ 8.70 million
+4.22%
Hashflow HFT $ 0.0143
$ 10.29M
$ 10.29 million
+3.81%
ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00660
$ 33.40M
$ 33.40 million
+3.44%
Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000826
$ 7.94M
$ 7.94 million
+2.31%
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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