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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.50
$ 2.22B
$ 2.22 billion
+0.09%
2 Aave AAVE $ 124.90
$ 1.93B
$ 1.93 billion
-1.51%
3 Decred DCR $ 22.93
$ 395.91M
$ 395.91 million
-3.30%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.252
$ 370.41M
$ 370.41 million
+0.32%
5 Compound COMP $ 19.77
$ 197.11M
$ 197.11 million
-7.17%
6 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.292
$ 100.76M
$ 100.76 million
-0.09%
7 0x ZRX $ 0.108
$ 91.73M
$ 91.73 million
-1.42%
8 Mantra DAO OM $ 0.0593
$ 70.47M
$ 70.47 million
+1.50%
9 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.209
$ 61.21M
$ 61.21 million
+0.10%
10 BTR token BTR $ 0.206
$ 56.61M
$ 56.61 million
+53.19%
11 Venus XVS $ 3.05
$ 51.93M
$ 51.93 million
+6.56%
12 Mask Network MASK $ 0.468
$ 37.89M
$ 37.89 million
-1.17%
13 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00705
$ 35.71M
$ 35.71 million
-2.36%
14 Illuvium ILV $ 3.83
$ 35.05M
$ 35.05 million
-0.73%
15 UMA UMA $ 0.574
$ 34.47M
$ 34.47 million
+14.34%
16 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0849
$ 26.59M
$ 26.59 million
-0.43%
17 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0913
$ 26.01M
$ 26.01 million
+0.20%
18 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0234
$ 12.77M
$ 12.77 million
-7.66%
19 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0182
$ 12.70M
$ 12.70 million
+0.83%
20 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00175
$ 11.34M
$ 11.34 million
-3.38%
21 Balancer BAL $ 0.162
$ 11.02M
$ 11.02 million
+10.66%
22 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0199
$ 10.79M
$ 10.79 million
-0.70%
23 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000982
$ 9.46M
$ 9.46 million
+1.31%
24 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00408
$ 8.62M
$ 8.62 million
-0.95%
25 Harvest Finance FARM $ 12.53
$ 8.61M
$ 8.61 million
-1.24%
26 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.368
$ 7.36M
$ 7.36 million
-1.92%
27 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00699
$ 6.64M
$ 6.64 million
+0.37%
28 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0317
$ 6.39M
$ 6.39 million
-0.66%
29 Block Block $ 0.00736
$ 5.29M
$ 5.29 million
-0.79%
30 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00413
$ 3.27M
$ 3.27 million
-2.32%
31 REI Network REI $ 0.00279
$ 2.74M
$ 2.74 million
-4.07%
32 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0158
$ 2.44M
$ 2.44 million
-3.24%
33 Synesis One SNS $ 0.000192
$ 484,879
$ 484,879
-1.03%
34 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0309
$ 427,048
$ 427,048
-1.68%
35 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00191
$ 392,811
$ 392,811
+0.69%
36 Yala Token YALA $ 0.00140
$ 318,705
$ 318,705
+59.14%

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37 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 48.00
$ 162.17M
$ 162.17 million
+52.46%
38 Maker MKR $ 1,573.46
$ 151.04M
$ 151.04 million
-1.86%
39 TORG TORG $ 0.0000111
$ 8.59M
$ 8.59 million
+56,909.38%
40 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00981
$ 8.09M
$ 8.09 million
-2.17%
41 decentral.games DG $ 0.00599
$ 5.56M
$ 5.56 million
+0.00%
42 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.210
$ 4.30M
$ 4.30 million
-4.26%
43 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆155
$ 1.55M
$ 1.55 million
-1.56%
44 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000232
$ 1.16M
$ 1.16 million
-6.15%
45 Prism PRISM $ 0.000554
$ 1.02M
$ 1.02 million
-2.26%
46 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.000983
$ 306,501
$ 306,501
+1.99%
47 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00180
$ 199,794
$ 199,794
+0.28%
48 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.00109
$ 194,138
$ 194,138
+2.15%
49 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0789
$ 81,239
$ 81,239
-0.84%
50 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.000785
$ 45,452
$ 45,452
+203.08%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Yala Token YALA $ 0.00140
$ 318,705
$ 318,705
+59.14%
BTR token BTR $ 0.206
$ 56.61M
$ 56.61 million
+53.19%
UMA UMA $ 0.574
$ 34.47M
$ 34.47 million
+14.34%
Balancer BAL $ 0.162
$ 11.02M
$ 11.02 million
+10.66%
Venus XVS $ 3.05
$ 51.93M
$ 51.93 million
+6.56%
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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