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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.03
$ 1.92B
$ 1.92 billion
-3.24%
2 Aave AAVE $ 90.02
$ 1.39B
$ 1.39 billion
-1.84%
3 Decred DCR $ 21.72
$ 376.43M
$ 376.43 million
-4.79%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.211
$ 310.44M
$ 310.44 million
-3.27%
5 Compound COMP $ 20.89
$ 208.26M
$ 208.26 million
+1.13%
6 Maker MKR $ 1,757.47
$ 160.60M
$ 160.60 million
-2.96%
7 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.283
$ 97.32M
$ 97.32 million
-2.11%
8 0x ZRX $ 0.102
$ 86.36M
$ 86.36 million
-1.99%
9 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.190
$ 54.97M
$ 54.97 million
-1.31%
10 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.0103
$ 49.96M
$ 49.96 million
-2.08%
11 Venus XVS $ 2.61
$ 44.56M
$ 44.56 million
-0.81%
12 Illuvium ILV $ 4.33
$ 39.65M
$ 39.65 million
-4.28%
13 Mask Network MASK $ 0.425
$ 35.94M
$ 35.94 million
-2.95%
14 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0852
$ 31.27M
$ 31.27 million
+20.57%
15 UMA UMA $ 0.407
$ 26.19M
$ 26.19 million
-2.67%
16 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00659
$ 25.63M
$ 25.63 million
-4.12%
17 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0735
$ 24.07M
$ 24.07 million
-6.92%
18 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0202
$ 10.97M
$ 10.97 million
-0.90%
19 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00165
$ 10.76M
$ 10.76 million
+2.06%
20 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0136
$ 10.70M
$ 10.70 million
-2.04%
21 Balancer BAL $ 0.153
$ 10.45M
$ 10.45 million
-8.38%
22 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0182
$ 9.96M
$ 9.96 million
-1.04%
23 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0482
$ 9.26M
$ 9.26 million
-2.70%
24 Bitlayer BTR $ 0.0308
$ 8.34M
$ 8.34 million
+1.59%
25 Harvest Finance FARM $ 11.88
$ 8.16M
$ 8.16 million
-0.34%
26 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.373
$ 7.50M
$ 7.50 million
+0.25%
27 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00314
$ 6.63M
$ 6.63 million
-1.58%
28 Checkmate CHECK $ 0.0286
$ 4.51M
$ 4.51 million
-3.06%
29 Block Block $ 0.00451
$ 3.38M
$ 3.38 million
-7.19%
30 REI Network REI $ 0.00287
$ 2.83M
$ 2.83 million
-2.71%
31 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0122
$ 2.02M
$ 2.02 million
+0.22%
32 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00498
$ 1.80M
$ 1.80 million
+19.36%
33 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.0000849
$ 768,521
$ 768,521
-3.72%
34 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00263
$ 572,321
$ 572,321
-0.68%

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35 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 47.91
$ 161.94M
$ 161.94 million
-0.03%
36 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00795
$ 6.56M
$ 6.56 million
+0.75%
37 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00629
$ 5.98M
$ 5.98 million
-2.84%
38 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.217
$ 4.43M
$ 4.43 million
+1.36%
39 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆162
$ 1.62M
$ 1.62 million
-1.30%
40 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000247
$ 1.24M
$ 1.24 million
-1.46%
41 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00201
$ 628,018
$ 628,018
+0.38%
42 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0223
$ 424,856
$ 424,856
-1.54%
43 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00220
$ 244,248
$ 244,248
+19.23%
44 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.00183
$ 202,797
$ 202,797
+0.00%
45 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.00100
$ 177,543
$ 177,543
-0.41%
46 Yala Token YALA $ 0.000487
$ 138,471
$ 138,471
-7.71%
47 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000501
$ 126,601
$ 126,601
+1.63%
48 PsyDAO Token PSY $ 0.00257
$ 114,351
$ 114,351
-5.64%
49 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0815
$ 83,908
$ 83,908
-1.13%
50 Moon Rabbit AAA $ 0.0₇645
$ 20,124
$ 20,124
+2.22%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Velvet VELVET $ 0.0852
$ 31.27M
$ 31.27 million
+20.57%
Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00498
$ 1.80M
$ 1.80 million
+19.36%
Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00165
$ 10.76M
$ 10.76 million
+2.06%
Bitlayer BTR $ 0.0308
$ 8.34M
$ 8.34 million
+1.59%
Compound COMP $ 20.89
$ 208.26M
$ 208.26 million
+1.13%
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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