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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.52
$ 2.24B
$ 2.24 billion
-0.01%
2 Aave AAVE $ 90.79
$ 1.41B
$ 1.41 billion
+2.03%
3 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.240
$ 353.65M
$ 353.65 million
-1.52%
4 Decred DCR $ 17.07
$ 292.82M
$ 292.82 million
-2.65%
5 Compound COMP $ 21.88
$ 218.50M
$ 218.50 million
+1.54%
6 Fluid FLUID $ 1.63
$ 127.07M
$ 127.07 million
+3.87%
7 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.318
$ 109.60M
$ 109.60 million
+2.36%
8 0x ZRX $ 0.109
$ 92.37M
$ 92.37 million
+0.23%
9 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.215
$ 62.08M
$ 62.08 million
+1.00%
10 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.00981
$ 49.44M
$ 49.44 million
+0.37%
11 Venus XVS $ 2.84
$ 48.44M
$ 48.44 million
+3.84%
12 Mask Network MASK $ 0.468
$ 46.86M
$ 46.86 million
-0.46%
13 Illuvium ILV $ 4.65
$ 42.53M
$ 42.53 million
+1.34%
14 Velvet VELVET $ 0.115
$ 42.28M
$ 42.28 million
-2.70%
15 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0817
$ 29.79M
$ 29.79 million
+2.67%
16 UMA UMA $ 0.469
$ 29.64M
$ 29.64 million
+1.73%
17 Yield Guild Games YGG $ 0.0382
$ 28.06M
$ 28.06 million
+0.33%
18 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00715
$ 27.67M
$ 27.67 million
-0.44%
19 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00186
$ 12.57M
$ 12.57 million
+0.02%
20 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0217
$ 11.82M
$ 11.82 million
-0.63%
21 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0141
$ 11.42M
$ 11.42 million
+0.50%
22 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0193
$ 10.56M
$ 10.56 million
-2.22%
23 Gitcoin GTC $ 0.104
$ 10.37M
$ 10.37 million
+3.85%
24 Balancer BAL $ 0.148
$ 10.06M
$ 10.06 million
+0.40%
25 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0456
$ 9.64M
$ 9.64 million
+2.98%
26 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.439
$ 8.56M
$ 8.56 million
-3.15%
27 Bitlayer BTR $ 0.0278
$ 7.53M
$ 7.53 million
-2.40%
28 Checkmate CHECK $ 0.0446
$ 6.80M
$ 6.80 million
+0.15%
29 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00318
$ 6.72M
$ 6.72 million
+3.54%
30 Harvest Finance FARM $ 8.45
$ 5.81M
$ 5.81 million
-3.44%
31 Block Block $ 0.00506
$ 4.02M
$ 4.02 million
-11.90%
32 Cryptex CTX $ 0.380
$ 3.55M
$ 3.55 million
-2.10%
33 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0111
$ 2.00M
$ 2.00 million
+2.43%
34 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00393
$ 1.42M
$ 1.42 million
-1.73%
35 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.0000800
$ 741,588
$ 741,588
+2.55%
36 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0231
$ 459,585
$ 459,585
-1.32%

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37 Maker MKR $ 1,666.33
$ 151.34M
$ 151.34 million
+2.67%
38 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 34.82
$ 118.37M
$ 118.37 million
+8.85%
39 Inverse Finance INV $ 43.56
$ 9.92M
$ 9.92 million
-0.81%
40 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.455
$ 9.31M
$ 9.31 million
-2.31%
41 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00625
$ 5.95M
$ 5.95 million
+0.91%
42 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00683
$ 5.63M
$ 5.63 million
+4.92%
43 REI Network REI $ 0.00290
$ 2.86M
$ 2.86 million
+0.21%
44 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆131
$ 1.31M
$ 1.31 million
-1.71%
45 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000162
$ 811,295
$ 811,295
+0.86%
46 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00204
$ 637,448
$ 637,448
+1.22%
47 Yala Token YALA $ 0.00116
$ 335,249
$ 335,249
+219.42%
48 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00104
$ 243,065
$ 243,065
-1.36%
49 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.00183
$ 202,797
$ 202,797
+277.90%
50 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00178
$ 197,410
$ 197,410
-2.36%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Fluid FLUID $ 1.63
$ 127.07M
$ 127.07 million
+3.87%
Gitcoin GTC $ 0.104
$ 10.37M
$ 10.37 million
+3.85%
Venus XVS $ 2.84
$ 48.44M
$ 48.44 million
+3.84%
Towns TOWNS $ 0.00318
$ 6.72M
$ 6.72 million
+3.54%
DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0456
$ 9.64M
$ 9.64 million
+2.98%
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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