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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 4.16
$ 2.63B
$ 2.63 billion
+4.79%
2 Aave AAVE $ 118.42
$ 1.83B
$ 1.83 billion
+6.24%
3 Decred DCR $ 27.17
$ 470.77M
$ 470.77 million
+2.01%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.246
$ 360.11M
$ 360.11 million
+4.76%
5 Compound COMP $ 19.06
$ 190.09M
$ 190.09 million
+3.61%
6 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 47.85
$ 161.65M
$ 161.65 million
-0.15%
7 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.324
$ 111.50M
$ 111.50 million
+3.75%
8 0x ZRX $ 0.109
$ 92.46M
$ 92.46 million
+3.46%
9 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.0150
$ 71.68M
$ 71.68 million
-3.03%
10 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.220
$ 64.18M
$ 64.18 million
+4.32%
11 Venus XVS $ 3.14
$ 53.46M
$ 53.46 million
+5.78%
12 Mask Network MASK $ 0.467
$ 38.05M
$ 38.05 million
+3.48%
13 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00740
$ 37.49M
$ 37.49 million
+3.65%
14 Illuvium ILV $ 3.98
$ 36.42M
$ 36.42 million
-0.94%
15 Bitlayer BTR $ 0.120
$ 33.04M
$ 33.04 million
+0.74%
16 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0867
$ 31.69M
$ 31.69 million
+4.36%
17 UMA UMA $ 0.451
$ 27.26M
$ 27.26 million
+3.99%
18 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0879
$ 23.27M
$ 23.27 million
-3.60%
19 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0225
$ 12.18M
$ 12.18 million
-0.54%
20 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00176
$ 11.48M
$ 11.48 million
+1.27%
21 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0203
$ 11.03M
$ 11.03 million
-0.10%
22 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0147
$ 11.00M
$ 11.00 million
-2.26%
23 Balancer BAL $ 0.160
$ 10.88M
$ 10.88 million
+6.26%
24 Harvest Finance FARM $ 13.98
$ 9.60M
$ 9.60 million
+0.63%
25 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00407
$ 8.59M
$ 8.59 million
-6.18%
26 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.399
$ 8.00M
$ 8.00 million
+1.35%
27 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000819
$ 7.89M
$ 7.89 million
+1.66%
28 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0336
$ 6.70M
$ 6.70 million
-1.80%
29 Block Block $ 0.00628
$ 4.51M
$ 4.51 million
+3.53%
30 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00548
$ 4.34M
$ 4.34 million
-5.72%
31 REI Network REI $ 0.00255
$ 2.52M
$ 2.52 million
-0.17%
32 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0146
$ 2.41M
$ 2.41 million
+1.30%
33 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0360
$ 664,645
$ 664,645
+3.23%
34 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00102
$ 212,263
$ 212,263
-0.78%

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35 Maker MKR $ 1,833.58
$ 173.92M
$ 173.92 million
+2.96%
36 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00948
$ 7.82M
$ 7.82 million
-0.84%
37 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00686
$ 6.52M
$ 6.52 million
+0.88%
38 decentral.games DG $ 0.00599
$ 5.56M
$ 5.56 million
+0.00%
39 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.232
$ 4.75M
$ 4.75 million
+17.64%
40 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆163
$ 1.63M
$ 1.63 million
+3.28%
41 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000283
$ 1.41M
$ 1.41 million
+1.39%
42 Prism PRISM $ 0.000501
$ 920,047
$ 920,047
+6.02%
43 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00122
$ 380,850
$ 380,850
+1.22%
44 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00184
$ 204,181
$ 204,181
-15.18%
45 Yala Token YALA $ 0.000707
$ 198,334
$ 198,334
-2.91%
46 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.000992
$ 175,948
$ 175,948
+0.62%
47 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000388
$ 98,026
$ 98,026
+6.86%
48 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.000852
$ 94,591
$ 94,591
+2.05%
49 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0848
$ 87,284
$ 87,284
+0.63%
50 Moon Rabbit AAA $ 0.0₇660
$ 20,592
$ 20,592
+0.76%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Balancer BAL $ 0.160
$ 10.88M
$ 10.88 million
+6.26%
Aave AAVE $ 118.42
$ 1.83B
$ 1.83 billion
+6.24%
Venus XVS $ 3.14
$ 53.46M
$ 53.46 million
+5.78%
Uniswap UNI $ 4.16
$ 2.63B
$ 2.63 billion
+4.79%
Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.246
$ 360.11M
$ 360.11 million
+4.76%
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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