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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.99
$ 2.53B
$ 2.53 billion
+2.31%
2 Aave AAVE $ 116.83
$ 1.81B
$ 1.81 billion
+5.14%
3 Decred DCR $ 31.33
$ 541.93M
$ 541.93 million
+7.72%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.258
$ 378.64M
$ 378.64 million
+2.70%
5 Compound COMP $ 18.34
$ 182.87M
$ 182.87 million
+6.86%
6 Maker MKR $ 1,786.83
$ 170.67M
$ 170.67 million
+6.30%
7 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 48.06
$ 162.37M
$ 162.37 million
+0.17%
8 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.332
$ 114.41M
$ 114.41 million
+7.39%
9 0x ZRX $ 0.109
$ 92.13M
$ 92.13 million
+4.12%
10 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.211
$ 61.68M
$ 61.68 million
+3.60%
11 Venus XVS $ 3.13
$ 53.25M
$ 53.25 million
+4.80%
12 BTR token BTR $ 0.179
$ 49.30M
$ 49.30 million
-7.47%
13 Mask Network MASK $ 0.470
$ 38.19M
$ 38.19 million
+9.98%
14 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00716
$ 36.29M
$ 36.29 million
+9.03%
15 Illuvium ILV $ 3.70
$ 33.84M
$ 33.84 million
+5.79%
16 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0859
$ 31.30M
$ 31.30 million
+6.54%
17 UMA UMA $ 0.439
$ 26.20M
$ 26.20 million
+0.30%
18 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0892
$ 25.39M
$ 25.39 million
+5.52%
19 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0225
$ 12.38M
$ 12.38 million
+2.08%
20 Balancer BAL $ 0.180
$ 12.28M
$ 12.28 million
+37.84%
21 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0222
$ 12.07M
$ 12.07 million
+7.62%
22 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00170
$ 11.05M
$ 11.05 million
+2.02%
23 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0150
$ 10.78M
$ 10.78 million
+4.54%
24 Harvest Finance FARM $ 13.14
$ 9.01M
$ 9.01 million
+4.18%
25 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000868
$ 8.35M
$ 8.35 million
+6.06%
26 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.410
$ 8.20M
$ 8.20 million
+10.46%
27 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00347
$ 7.32M
$ 7.32 million
+1.83%
28 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0347
$ 7.08M
$ 7.08 million
-1.01%
29 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00736
$ 6.99M
$ 6.99 million
+6.16%
30 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00539
$ 4.27M
$ 4.27 million
-6.71%
31 Block Block $ 0.00588
$ 4.23M
$ 4.23 million
-0.70%
32 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0140
$ 2.32M
$ 2.32 million
+0.13%
33 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0348
$ 548,992
$ 548,992
+26.88%

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34 GALEON GALEON $ 0.0105
$ 8.68M
$ 8.68 million
+5.83%
35 decentral.games DG $ 0.00599
$ 5.56M
$ 5.56 million
+0.00%
36 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.186
$ 3.81M
$ 3.81 million
-2.58%
37 REI Network REI $ 0.00254
$ 2.51M
$ 2.51 million
+0.89%
38 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆162
$ 1.62M
$ 1.62 million
+7.50%
39 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000224
$ 1.12M
$ 1.12 million
-3.11%
40 Prism PRISM $ 0.000528
$ 968,026
$ 968,026
-1.99%
41 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00139
$ 433,652
$ 433,652
+1.73%
42 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00143
$ 298,611
$ 298,611
-0.78%
43 Yala Token YALA $ 0.00102
$ 282,815
$ 282,815
+37.42%
44 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00223
$ 247,858
$ 247,858
+8.80%
45 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.000994
$ 176,284
$ 176,284
-3.72%
46 PsyDAO Token PSY $ 0.00306
$ 136,982
$ 136,982
+4.63%
47 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.00183
$ 105,781
$ 105,781
+129.73%
48 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0827
$ 85,102
$ 85,102
+2.21%
49 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000232
$ 58,690
$ 58,690
+17.92%
50 Live Stars LIVE $ 0.000189
$ 30,946
$ 30,946
+20.60%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Balancer BAL $ 0.180
$ 12.28M
$ 12.28 million
+37.84%
OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0348
$ 548,992
$ 548,992
+26.88%
Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.410
$ 8.20M
$ 8.20 million
+10.46%
Mask Network MASK $ 0.470
$ 38.19M
$ 38.19 million
+9.98%
ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00716
$ 36.29M
$ 36.29 million
+9.03%
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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