DAO tokens

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DAOs are organizations that use coded rules to make decisions without any middlemen. More

# Coins Price Market cap 24h

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101 NFTrade NFTD $ 0.00193
$ 90,140
$ 90,140
+0.00%
102 YfDAI.finance YFDAI $ 4.29
$ 90,053
$ 90,053
+11.61%
103 OctoFi OCTO $ 0.0770
$ 61,621
$ 61,621
-23.03%
104 Merlin Token MRLN $ 0.000130
$ 51,848
$ 51,848
+0.59%
105 Aluna ALN $ 0.001000
$ 41,091
$ 41,091
+0.00%
106 EarthFund 1EARTH $ 0.0001000
$ 35,598
$ 35,598
+0.00%
107 BaconDAO BACON $ 0.000103
$ 28,444
$ 28,444
-6.16%
108 Savanna Haus SVNN $ 0.0000119
$ 11,899
$ 11,899
-1.53%
109 Pixie PIX $ 0.0₅435
$ 8,700
$ 8,700
+5.84%
110 Graviton GRAV $ 0.000342
$ 916
$ 916
-1.10%
111 Cherry Token CHER $ 0.000743
$ 22
$ 22
+10.71%
112 GolduckDAO GOLDUCK $ 0.0₁₀888
$ 0
$ 0
+0.00%
113 Krypton DAO KRD $ 0.000596
$ 0
$ 0
+11.21%
114 Snowbank SB $ --
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115 DAOLaunch DAL $ --
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116 Pollux Coin POX $ --
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117 Hubble HBB $ --
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118 shroom.finance SHROOM $ --
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119 BoringDAO BOR $ --
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120 FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS FWB $ --
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121 S.FINANCE SFG $ --
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122 TrustFi Network TFI $ --
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123 SolanaSail SAIL $ --
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124 Finance.Vote FVT $ --
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125 Unique Venture Clubs UNQ $ --
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126 Giraffe GFF $ --
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127 Pub Finance PINT $ --
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128 Viking Swap VIKING $ --
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129 Nominex Token NMX $ --
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130 AGOV (ANSWER Governance) AGOV $ --
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131 Vancat VANCAT $ --
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132 TruePNL PNL $ --
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133 WorkQuest Token WQT $ --
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134 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ --
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135 Peace DAO PEACE $ --
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136 Verso VSO $ --
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137 My Crypto Heroes MCHC $ --
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138 LunchDAO LUNCH $ --
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139 Lossless LSS $ --
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140 Chibi Dinos HOOP $ --
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141 HANU HANU $ --
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142 BoringDAO BORING $ --
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143 Volta Club VOLTA $ --
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144 Waves Ducks EGG $ --
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145 Lovelace World LACE $ --
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146 The Crypto Prophecies TCP $ --
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147 TORG TORG $ --
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148 HalfPizza PIZA $ --
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149 Recharge RCG $ --
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150 Vent Finance VENT $ --
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Trending DAO tokens

Top gainers

Coins Price Market cap 24h
DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0487
$ 9.74M
$ 9.74 million
+21.83%
Towns TOWNS $ 0.00610
$ 12.88M
$ 12.88 million
+7.54%
Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.132
$ 38.28M
$ 38.28 million
+3.55%
Hashflow HFT $ 0.0246
$ 17.11M
$ 17.11 million
+2.79%
Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.398
$ 137.06M
$ 137.06 million
+2.53%
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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