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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 4.05
$ 2.57B
$ 2.57 billion
+6.37%
2 Aave AAVE $ 115.25
$ 1.78B
$ 1.78 billion
-1.79%
3 Decred DCR $ 30.21
$ 522.76M
$ 522.76 million
+2.75%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.262
$ 383.63M
$ 383.63 million
+6.58%
5 Compound COMP $ 18.18
$ 181.26M
$ 181.26 million
+6.07%
6 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.337
$ 116.07M
$ 116.07 million
+11.62%
7 0x ZRX $ 0.104
$ 88.61M
$ 88.61 million
+1.86%
8 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.211
$ 61.77M
$ 61.77 million
+5.20%
9 BTR token BTR $ 0.189
$ 52.05M
$ 52.05 million
+9.10%
10 Venus XVS $ 3.03
$ 51.61M
$ 51.61 million
+3.25%
11 Mask Network MASK $ 0.444
$ 35.88M
$ 35.88 million
+4.42%
12 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00708
$ 35.86M
$ 35.86 million
+12.81%
13 Illuvium ILV $ 3.67
$ 33.63M
$ 33.63 million
+5.13%
14 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0846
$ 30.81M
$ 30.81 million
+2.67%
15 UMA UMA $ 0.440
$ 26.27M
$ 26.27 million
+2.93%
16 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0876
$ 24.97M
$ 24.97 million
+2.89%
17 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0222
$ 12.23M
$ 12.23 million
+0.44%
18 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0222
$ 12.05M
$ 12.05 million
-7.34%
19 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00170
$ 11.05M
$ 11.05 million
-0.16%
20 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0146
$ 10.49M
$ 10.49 million
+4.59%
21 Balancer BAL $ 0.135
$ 9.18M
$ 9.18 million
+2.86%
22 Harvest Finance FARM $ 13.07
$ 8.98M
$ 8.98 million
+9.36%
23 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000843
$ 8.11M
$ 8.11 million
+6.85%
24 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.378
$ 7.57M
$ 7.57 million
+3.33%
25 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00342
$ 7.22M
$ 7.22 million
+3.30%
26 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0351
$ 7.16M
$ 7.16 million
-2.03%
27 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00699
$ 6.64M
$ 6.64 million
-3.80%
28 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00584
$ 4.62M
$ 4.62 million
-12.34%
29 Block Block $ 0.00611
$ 4.39M
$ 4.39 million
+4.81%
30 REI Network REI $ 0.00245
$ 2.42M
$ 2.42 million
-2.41%
31 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0141
$ 2.33M
$ 2.33 million
-0.14%
32 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00144
$ 299,437
$ 299,437
+1.14%

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33 Maker MKR $ 1,724.97
$ 164.77M
$ 164.77 million
+3.44%
34 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 47.98
$ 162.19M
$ 162.19 million
-0.17%
35 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00993
$ 8.19M
$ 8.19 million
+3.12%
36 decentral.games DG $ 0.00599
$ 5.56M
$ 5.56 million
+0.00%
37 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.186
$ 3.81M
$ 3.81 million
-1.69%
38 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆151
$ 1.51M
$ 1.51 million
+1.06%
39 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000231
$ 1.15M
$ 1.15 million
-2.73%
40 Prism PRISM $ 0.000542
$ 993,860
$ 993,860
+2.21%
41 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0295
$ 465,160
$ 465,160
+7.55%
42 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00137
$ 426,303
$ 426,303
-3.39%
43 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00216
$ 239,266
$ 239,266
+30.00%
44 Yala Token YALA $ 0.000715
$ 199,240
$ 199,240
-28.97%
45 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.00102
$ 181,177
$ 181,177
+2.29%
46 PsyDAO Token PSY $ 0.00299
$ 134,036
$ 134,036
+5.79%
47 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.00183
$ 105,781
$ 105,781
+132.24%
48 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0815
$ 83,947
$ 83,947
+1.81%
49 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000220
$ 55,646
$ 55,646
+31.81%
50 Live Stars LIVE $ 0.000162
$ 26,473
$ 26,473
+3.16%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00708
$ 35.86M
$ 35.86 million
+12.81%
Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.337
$ 116.07M
$ 116.07 million
+11.62%
Harvest Finance FARM $ 13.07
$ 8.98M
$ 8.98 million
+9.36%
BTR token BTR $ 0.189
$ 52.05M
$ 52.05 million
+9.10%
Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000843
$ 8.11M
$ 8.11 million
+6.85%
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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