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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 5.89
$ 3.64B
$ 3.64 billion
+1.42%
2 Aave AAVE $ 154.64
$ 2.38B
$ 2.38 billion
+2.82%
3 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.383
$ 550.78M
$ 550.78 million
-2.35%
4 Decred DCR $ 18.79
$ 323.42M
$ 323.42 million
+19.39%
5 Compound COMP $ 26.25
$ 260.88M
$ 260.88 million
+1.20%
6 Maker MKR $ 1,469.33
$ 200.57M
$ 200.57 million
-7.46%
7 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 47.78
$ 161.48M
$ 161.48 million
-0.39%
8 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.436
$ 150.09M
$ 150.09 million
+2.02%
9 0x ZRX $ 0.121
$ 102.44M
$ 102.44 million
-1.24%
10 Mantra DAO OM $ 0.0743
$ 85.00M
$ 85.00 million
+0.44%
11 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.284
$ 83.00M
$ 83.00 million
-0.14%
12 Venus XVS $ 4.34
$ 73.85M
$ 73.85 million
+0.35%
13 Velvet VELVET $ 0.173
$ 53.42M
$ 53.42 million
-0.41%
14 Illuvium ILV $ 5.81
$ 53.09M
$ 53.09 million
+2.24%
15 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00937
$ 47.49M
$ 47.49 million
+3.42%
16 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.167
$ 47.36M
$ 47.36 million
+7.18%
17 Mask Network MASK $ 0.568
$ 45.56M
$ 45.56 million
-0.56%
18 UMA UMA $ 0.717
$ 43.06M
$ 43.06 million
+0.87%
19 Balancer BAL $ 0.608
$ 39.85M
$ 39.85 million
-4.47%
20 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0436
$ 23.97M
$ 23.97 million
+7.30%
21 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0261
$ 14.11M
$ 14.11 million
-2.48%
22 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.00138
$ 13.15M
$ 13.15 million
+3.72%
23 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00606
$ 12.77M
$ 12.77 million
+5.31%
24 Harvest Finance FARM $ 18.59
$ 12.77M
$ 12.77 million
-1.80%
25 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0555
$ 11.11M
$ 11.11 million
-0.85%
26 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.533
$ 10.84M
$ 10.84 million
+1.18%
27 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.507
$ 10.25M
$ 10.25 million
+9.14%
28 Block Block $ 0.0130
$ 9.43M
$ 9.43 million
-0.85%
29 BTR token BTR $ 0.0269
$ 7.74M
$ 7.74 million
+0.81%
30 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00850
$ 6.73M
$ 6.73 million
+2.79%
31 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00209
$ 5.45M
$ 5.45 million
+2.80%
32 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0288
$ 5.05M
$ 5.05 million
+4.81%
33 Yala Token YALA $ 0.0187
$ 4.34M
$ 4.34 million
+4.10%
34 REI Network REI $ 0.00376
$ 3.69M
$ 3.69 million
-0.78%
35 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0209
$ 3.23M
$ 3.23 million
-4.08%
36 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0889
$ 1.18M
$ 1.18 million
-1.81%
37 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00233
$ 462,668
$ 462,668
-7.12%

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38 ARK ARK $ 20.14
$ 309.49M
$ 309.49 million
+2.26%
39 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.0111
$ 10.44M
$ 10.44 million
+0.50%
40 GALEON GALEON $ 0.0118
$ 9.69M
$ 9.69 million
-1.42%
41 decentral.games DG $ 0.00599
$ 5.57M
$ 5.57 million
+0.00%
42 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆241
$ 2.41M
$ 2.41 million
-4.09%
43 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000296
$ 1.48M
$ 1.48 million
-1.03%
44 Prism PRISM $ 0.000647
$ 1.19M
$ 1.19 million
-0.70%
45 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00209
$ 655,631
$ 655,631
-1.43%
46 Synesis One SNS $ 0.000604
$ 493,964
$ 493,964
+3.98%
47 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00330
$ 366,090
$ 366,090
+0.00%
48 Gamestarter GAME $ 0.00203
$ 291,071
$ 291,071
+0.40%
49 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.00145
$ 257,786
$ 257,786
+0.35%
50 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0842
$ 86,724
$ 86,724
+0.34%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Decred DCR $ 18.79
$ 323.42M
$ 323.42 million
+19.39%
VitaDAO VITA $ 0.507
$ 10.25M
$ 10.25 million
+9.14%
Marinade MNDE $ 0.0436
$ 23.97M
$ 23.97 million
+7.30%
Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.167
$ 47.36M
$ 47.36 million
+7.18%
Towns TOWNS $ 0.00606
$ 12.77M
$ 12.77 million
+5.31%
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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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