DAO tokens

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# Coins Live Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $5.16
$3.21B
$3.21 billion
+4.90%
2 Bittensor TAO $230.98
$2.61B
$2.61 billion
-2.96%
3 Aave AAVE $123.98
$1.92B
$1.92 billion
-0.69%
4 SKY Governance Token SKY $0.0691
$1.62B
$1.62 billion
-1.08%
5 ARBITRUM ARB $0.0864
$576.86M
$576.86 million
-1.56%
6 Curve DAO Token CRV $0.311
$482.30M
$482.30 million
+3.64%
7 Midnight NIGHT $0.0181
$300.26M
$300.26 million
-3.09%
8 Lido DAO Token LDO $0.355
$296.81M
$296.81 million
-1.84%
9 Decred DCR $14.21
$249.85M
$249.85 million
+2.22%
10 Ethereum Name Service ENS $5.89
$247.48M
$247.48 million
+5.96%
11 Compound COMP $18.99
$190.00M
$190.00 million
+3.34%
12 Dexe DEXE $2.13
$178.27M
$178.27 million
-7.22%
13 ApeCoin APE $0.137
$137.18M
$137.18 million
-1.12%
14 Synthetix Network SNX $0.208
$121.14M
$121.14 million
-1.70%
15 Fluid FLUID $1.34
$112.34M
$112.34 million
+0.60%
16 0x ZRX $0.0970
$82.28M
$82.28 million
-0.81%
17 Bedrock BR $0.217
$65.32M
$65.32 million
-2.75%
18 RaveDAO RAVE $0.265
$64.36M
$64.36 million
-4.21%
19 Wormhole W $0.00934
$59.62M
$59.62 million
-1.12%
20 SUSHI SUSHI $0.194
$56.66M
$56.66 million
-0.40%
21 Venus XVS $3.10
$53.05M
$53.05 million
-1.63%
22 aelf ELF $0.0588
$50.79M
$50.79 million
-6.75%
23 Velvet VELVET $0.0920
$42.72M
$42.72 million
-8.16%
24 Mask Network MASK $0.421
$42.09M
$42.09 million
-0.83%
25 Lista DAO LISTA $0.0702
$30.95M
$30.95 million
-6.62%
26 Illuvium ILV $3.04
$27.88M
$27.88 million
-2.17%
27 MANTRA MANTRA $0.00426
$26.90M
$26.90 million
-2.58%
28 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $0.00780
$25.39M
$25.39 million
-3.64%
29 UMA UMA $0.361
$24.65M
$24.65 million
-3.35%
30 Lisk LSK $0.102
$23.35M
$23.35 million
+1.86%
31 Yield Guild Games YGG $0.0221
$20.85M
$20.85 million
-2.64%
32 ChainGPT CGPT $0.0196
$18.23M
$18.23 million
-3.07%
33 VVS Finance VVS $0.0₅107
$17.31M
$17.31 million
+10.84%
34 SuperRare RARE $0.0124
$10.19M
$10.19 million
-3.23%
35 Alien Worlds TLM $0.00139
$9.73M
$9.73 million
-4.58%
36 TokenFi TOKEN $0.00219
$8.66M
$8.66 million
-5.06%
37 Balancer BAL $0.120
$8.29M
$8.29 million
+1.32%
38 Gitcoin GTC $0.0820
$8.20M
$8.20 million
-2.95%
39 Badger DAO BADGER $0.371
$7.21M
$7.21 million
+1.29%
40 Hashflow HFT $0.00631
$5.80M
$5.80 million
-7.04%
41 Towns TOWNS $0.00255
$5.37M
$5.37 million
-0.98%
42 Alephium ALPH $0.0380
$5.18M
$5.18 million
+0.56%
43 DAO Maker DAO $0.0236
$4.71M
$4.71 million
-0.94%
44 Harvest Finance FARM $6.31
$4.33M
$4.33 million
-1.12%
45 Cryptex CTX $0.357
$3.34M
$3.34 million
-0.45%
46 Ampleforth Governance Token FORTH $0.206
$2.55M
$2.55 million
-0.06%
47 Checkmate CHECK $0.0143
$2.40M
$2.40 million
-0.28%
48 NodeOps NODE $0.00544
$1.63M
$1.63 million
-3.85%
49 Block Block $0.00165
$1.32M
$1.32 million
-0.30%

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50 ARCS ARX $0.122
$562.96M
$562.96 million
+0.26%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Live Price Market cap 24h
VVS Finance VVS $0.0₅107
$17.31M
$17.31 million
+10.84%
Ethereum Name Service ENS $5.89
$247.48M
$247.48 million
+5.96%
Uniswap UNI $5.16
$3.21B
$3.21 billion
+4.90%
Curve DAO Token CRV $0.311
$482.30M
$482.30 million
+3.64%
Compound COMP $18.99
$190.00M
$190.00 million
+3.34%
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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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