Coinranking
DAO tokens
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| | 215 |  PEGONetwork OSK-DAO | $ | --%  | |
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| | 217 |  Mechaverse MC | $ | --%  | |
| | 218 |  Spartan Protocol SPARTA | $ | --%  | |
| | 219 |  ROPE Token ROPE | $ | --%  | |
| | 220 |  Exohood EXO | $ | --%  | |
| | 221 |  CrossWallet CWT | $ | --%  | |
| | 222 |  Universe.XYZ XYZ | $ | --%  | |
| | 223 |  Magic Power MGP | $ | --%  | |
| | 224 |  Citadel.one XCT | $ | --%  | |
| | 225 |  FRAKT Token FRKT | $ | --%  | |
| | 226 |  DAO Invest VEST | $ | --%  | |
| | 227 |  Noahs ark NSK | $ | --%  | |
| | 228 |  Global Coin Research GCR | $ | --%  | |
| | 229 |  Kingdom Raids KRS | $ | --%  | |
| | 230 |  Avoteo AVO | $ | --%  | |
| | 231 |  Grapeswap GRAPE | $ | --%  | |
| | 232 |  AptosLaunch Token ALT | $ | --%  | |
| | 233 |  PhoenixCo DAO PHDAO | $ | --%  | |
| | 234 |  OSEAN OSEAN | $ | --%  | |
| | 235 |  DAObiContract1 DB | $ | --%  | |
| | 236 |  Carib DAO CARIB | $ | --%  | |
| | 237 |  KAIF KAF | $ | --%  | |
| | 238 |  UNILAPSE UNI | $ | --%  | |
| | 239 |  Tezos Domains TED | $ | +0.55%  | |
| | 240 |  ENCOINS ENCS | $ | --%  | |
| | 241 |  ValleyDAO Token GROW | $ | --%  | |
| | 242 |  BSSB BRC BSSB | $ | --%  | |
| | 243 |  PHARAOH PHAR | $ | --%  | |
| | 244 |  Baby Wen BWEN | $ | --%  | |
| | 245 |  Molten MOLTEN | $ | --%  | |
| | 246 |  Savanna Haus SVNN | $ | --%  | |
| | 247 |  Cryptoweb3 CW3 | $ | --%  | |
| | 248 |  Moonboots DAO MBDAO | $ | --%  | |
| | 249 |  Vite DAO VDAO | $ | --%  | |
| | 250 |  JVault JVT | $ | --%  | |
Trending DAO tokens
| Coins | Price | 24h | |
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| |  Decred DCR | $ | +0.00%  |
| |  Aave AAVE | $ | +7.70%  |
| |  Uniswap UNI | $ | +6.38%  |
Top Gainers
| Coins | | | |||
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| |  BTR token BTR | $ | +40.13%  | ||
| |  ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE | $ | +9.32%  | ||
| | Aave AAVE | $ | +7.70% | ||
| |  Velvet VELVET | $ | +7.38%  | ||
| | Uniswap UNI | $ | +6.38% | ||
| 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 |
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| 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
- Acquire DAO token on DEX/CEX or earn via liquidity mining.
- Delegate to yourself or a trusted voter (gas-less on Snapshot).
- Create proposal (off-chain temp-check, then on-chain executable).
- Vote — quorum (e.g., 4 % of supply) and approval % thresholds must be met.
- Timelock executes code automatically after delay (12 h – 7 days).
- 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.