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# Coins Live Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $4.39
$2.73B
$2.73 billion
+6.50%
2 Bittensor TAO $234.98
$2.64B
$2.64 billion
+6.05%
3 Aave AAVE $140.52
$2.17B
$2.17 billion
+14.82%
4 SKY Governance Token SKY $0.0684
$1.60B
$1.60 billion
+5.97%
5 ARBITRUM ARB $0.0991
$661.57M
$661.57 million
+2.02%
6 Curve DAO Token CRV $0.330
$510.95M
$510.95 million
+2.37%
7 Midnight NIGHT $0.0195
$324.39M
$324.39 million
-2.91%
8 Lido DAO Token LDO $0.386
$322.31M
$322.31 million
+7.92%
9 Velvet VELVET $0.687
$317.77M
$317.77 million
+1.68%
10 Decred DCR $13.85
$243.33M
$243.33 million
+1.27%
11 Ethereum Name Service ENS $5.71
$239.57M
$239.57 million
+2.65%
12 Compound COMP $19.97
$199.69M
$199.69 million
+0.77%
13 Dexe DEXE $1.87
$156.46M
$156.46 million
-0.58%
14 Synthetix Network SNX $0.226
$131.27M
$131.27 million
+1.15%
15 Fluid FLUID $1.36
$113.97M
$113.97 million
+5.33%
16 ApeCoin APE $0.145
$108.74M
$108.74 million
+0.91%
17 0x ZRX $0.0979
$82.80M
$82.80 million
+2.73%
18 RaveDAO RAVE $0.278
$66.52M
$66.52 million
-1.28%
19 Bedrock BR $0.219
$66.08M
$66.08 million
-6.25%
20 Wormhole W $0.00949
$60.45M
$60.45 million
+4.42%
21 SUSHI SUSHI $0.201
$58.82M
$58.82 million
-0.46%
22 Venus XVS $3.11
$53.35M
$53.35 million
+2.64%
23 Mask Network MASK $0.421
$42.08M
$42.08 million
+2.47%
24 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $0.0105
$32.09M
$32.09 million
+0.97%
25 Lista DAO LISTA $0.0692
$30.48M
$30.48 million
+2.03%
26 Illuvium ILV $3.28
$30.01M
$30.01 million
+1.46%
27 MANTRA MANTRA $0.00426
$26.91M
$26.91 million
-2.31%
28 UMA UMA $0.370
$25.21M
$25.21 million
+2.33%
29 Yield Guild Games YGG $0.0225
$21.19M
$21.19 million
+0.79%
30 Lisk LSK $0.0912
$20.54M
$20.54 million
+4.24%
31 ChainGPT CGPT $0.0208
$19.36M
$19.36 million
+1.01%
32 SuperRare RARE $0.0122
$9.98M
$9.98 million
-1.03%
33 Alien Worlds TLM $0.00141
$9.85M
$9.85 million
-0.04%
34 TokenFi TOKEN $0.00228
$9.03M
$9.03 million
+1.90%
35 Gitcoin GTC $0.0858
$8.57M
$8.57 million
+2.72%
36 Balancer BAL $0.120
$8.28M
$8.28 million
+2.34%
37 Badger DAO BADGER $0.368
$7.14M
$7.14 million
+0.04%
38 Hashflow HFT $0.00619
$5.70M
$5.70 million
-1.56%
39 Towns TOWNS $0.00247
$5.22M
$5.22 million
+2.18%
40 Harvest Finance FARM $7.13
$4.90M
$4.90 million
-13.83%
41 Alephium ALPH $0.0332
$4.52M
$4.52 million
-7.32%
42 DAO Maker DAO $0.0221
$4.43M
$4.43 million
+3.25%
43 Cryptex CTX $0.306
$2.87M
$2.87 million
+2.07%
44 Checkmate CHECK $0.0136
$2.57M
$2.57 million
+5.10%
45 Ampleforth Governance Token FORTH $0.185
$2.30M
$2.30 million
+5.68%
46 Rarible RARI $0.0830
$2.07M
$2.07 million
-0.78%
47 NodeOps NODE $0.00590
$1.72M
$1.72 million
-3.00%
48 Numbers Protocol NUM $0.00220
$812,997
$812,997
-3.59%
49 Humanode HMND $0.00154
$391,286
$391,286
-4.79%
50 OpenxAI OPENX $0.00793
$191,126
$191,126
-4.40%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Live Price Market cap 24h
Aave AAVE $140.52
$2.17B
$2.17 billion
+14.82%
Lido DAO Token LDO $0.386
$322.31M
$322.31 million
+7.92%
Uniswap UNI $4.39
$2.73B
$2.73 billion
+6.50%
Bittensor TAO $234.98
$2.64B
$2.64 billion
+6.05%
SKY Governance Token SKY $0.0684
$1.60B
$1.60 billion
+5.97%
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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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