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101 Stella ALPHA $0.000444
$383,728
$383,728
-11.76%
102 BarnBridge BOND $0.0369
$369,203
$369,203
+3.26%
103 Arena-Z A2Z $0.0000324
$323,742
$323,742
-1.34%
104 Gamium GMM $0.0₅647
$323,137
$323,137
+33.21%
105 IRIS Network IRIS $0.000168
$274,204
$274,204
+0.91%
106 Hifi Finance HIFI $0.00168
$233,391
$233,391
+0.56%
107 Opium OPIUM $0.0119
$223,664
$223,664
+0.00%
108 HAPI HAPI $0.282
$206,811
$206,811
-2.40%
109 Alt.town Token TOWN $0.000200
$204,830
$204,830
+1.47%
110 Sedra SDR $0.0₅660
$171,135
$171,135
+10.40%
111 XIO Network XIO $0.00158
$158,476
$158,476
+3.53%
112 FODL Finance FODL $0.000324
$124,957
$124,957
-0.16%
113 zkSwap Finance ZF $0.000162
$106,946
$106,946
-4.65%
114 LiquidyFinance LQDY $0.0937
$96,437
$96,437
+2.54%
115 ApeBond ABOND $0.000508
$73,264
$73,264
-0.29%
116 MoonStarter MNST $0.000360
$72,000
$72,000
+0.00%
117 Choise.com CHO $0.000364
$69,154
$69,154
-3.14%
118 Synesis One SNS $0.0000259
$65,458
$65,458
-5.54%
119 Magic Square SQR $0.0000856
$56,531
$56,531
-5.19%
120 MetaCene MAK $0.000545
$55,813
$55,813
-4.78%
121 Dego Finance DEGO $0.00309
$55,098
$55,098
-0.66%
122 Colony CLY $0.000326
$36,798
$36,798
-1.60%
123 Moon Rabbit AAA $0.0₇760
$34,521
$34,521
-1.43%
124 Ultiverse Token ULTI $0.0₅410
$31,209
$31,209
-22.25%
125 XcelPay XLD $0.000251
$27,872
$27,872
+0.00%
126 vEmpire DDAO VEMP $0.0000491
$16,731
$16,731
+0.00%
127 Position Token POSI $0.000148
$13,626
$13,626
+0.00%
128 Step App FITFI $0.0₅151
$6,952
$6,952
-23.60%
129 Tradestars TSX $0.0000390
$4,872
$4,872
+0.00%
130 ApexToken APX $0.0000312
$1,209
$1,209
-3.49%
131 Ocean Protocol OCEAN $0.142
$250.89M
$250.89 million
+1.41%
132 ARK ARK $5.20
$170.44M
$170.44 million
+0.18%
133 Maker MKR $1,631.16
$143.19M
$143.19 million
+1.90%
134 Whalebit CES $0.338
$142.74M
$142.74 million
-4.74%
135 AI META COIN AMC $0.0825
$82.47M
$82.47 million
-0.07%
136 cVault CORE $5,833.70
$58.34M
$58.34 million
+1.15%
137 Orizon ORI $53.57
$43.53M
$43.53 million
+2.33%
138 Mantra DAO OM $0.00591
$37.34M
$37.34 million
-3.05%
139 Fund Token DAO FTDAO $0.0194
$19.42M
$19.42 million
+0.00%
140 MetaSoilVerseProtocol MSVP $0.0000961
$19.21M
$19.21 million
-2.30%
141 HANU HANU $0.0₇128
$18.10M
$18.10 million
-0.05%
142 Aquarius AQUA $0.000353
$13.79M
$13.79 million
-1.02%
143 WebKey DAO WKEYDAO $0.274
$13.13M
$13.13 million
+0.40%
144 AxonDAO Governance Token AXGT $0.0129
$12.94M
$12.94 million
+43.79%
145 Bitgold BTG $0.556
$11.23M
$11.23 million
+1.95%
146 Splintershards SPS $0.00354
$10.63M
$10.63 million
+0.08%
147 Metronome2 MET $0.506
$7.27M
$7.27 million
-5.23%
148 BIB BIB $0.0781
$3.90M
$3.90 million
+0.61%
149 Zyfi ZFI $0.00739
$3.69M
$3.69 million
-1.14%
150 DogeKing DOGEKING $0.0₈347
$3.47M
$3.47 million
-0.13%

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$6.86M
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$4.99M
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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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