DAO tokens

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DAOs are organizations that use coded rules to make decisions without any middlemen. More

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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.70
$ 2.35B
$ 2.35 billion
+7.50%
2 Aave AAVE $ 96.00
$ 1.48B
$ 1.48 billion
+3.52%
3 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.256
$ 377.37M
$ 377.37 million
+5.94%
4 Decred DCR $ 19.53
$ 339.82M
$ 339.82 million
+0.08%
5 Compound COMP $ 23.08
$ 230.61M
$ 230.61 million
+0.33%
6 Maker MKR $ 1,911.14
$ 173.84M
$ 173.84 million
+3.11%
7 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.366
$ 126.14M
$ 126.14 million
+6.22%
8 0x ZRX $ 0.120
$ 101.90M
$ 101.90 million
+2.99%
9 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.250
$ 72.14M
$ 72.14 million
+9.13%
10 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.0109
$ 54.13M
$ 54.13 million
+5.24%
11 Mask Network MASK $ 0.536
$ 53.60M
$ 53.60 million
+1.65%
12 Illuvium ILV $ 5.19
$ 47.48M
$ 47.48 million
+2.93%
13 Venus XVS $ 2.77
$ 47.35M
$ 47.35 million
+2.63%
14 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0915
$ 33.61M
$ 33.61 million
+1.40%
15 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00864
$ 33.40M
$ 33.40 million
+3.14%
16 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0906
$ 32.88M
$ 32.88 million
+2.02%
17 UMA UMA $ 0.502
$ 31.27M
$ 31.27 million
-0.29%
18 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00204
$ 13.37M
$ 13.37 million
-0.37%
19 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0162
$ 13.06M
$ 13.06 million
+3.64%
20 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0218
$ 11.85M
$ 11.85 million
+2.32%
21 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0207
$ 11.48M
$ 11.48 million
+3.56%
22 Balancer BAL $ 0.159
$ 10.81M
$ 10.81 million
+0.64%
23 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0516
$ 9.94M
$ 9.94 million
-11.44%
24 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.469
$ 9.16M
$ 9.16 million
-0.87%
25 Harvest Finance FARM $ 12.71
$ 8.72M
$ 8.72 million
+4.55%
26 Bitlayer BTR $ 0.0308
$ 8.33M
$ 8.33 million
+3.29%
27 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00373
$ 7.86M
$ 7.86 million
+0.30%
28 Checkmate CHECK $ 0.0395
$ 6.01M
$ 6.01 million
+12.96%
29 Block Block $ 0.00660
$ 5.10M
$ 5.10 million
+11.40%
30 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0117
$ 2.07M
$ 2.07 million
+2.24%
31 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00421
$ 1.52M
$ 1.52 million
-3.53%
32 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.0000839
$ 776,814
$ 776,814
-1.09%

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33 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 31.55
$ 106.64M
$ 106.64 million
+0.31%
34 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.596
$ 12.18M
$ 12.18 million
+17.59%
35 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₅100
$ 10.00M
$ 10.00 million
+623.10%
36 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00643
$ 6.12M
$ 6.12 million
+2.25%
37 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00688
$ 5.68M
$ 5.68 million
+0.88%
38 REI Network REI $ 0.00300
$ 2.97M
$ 2.97 million
+2.35%
39 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00220
$ 686,624
$ 686,624
+0.47%
40 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000136
$ 676,968
$ 676,968
-3.25%
41 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0267
$ 530,350
$ 530,350
+1.01%
42 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00137
$ 316,350
$ 316,350
+0.95%
43 PsyDAO Token PSY $ 0.00617
$ 274,846
$ 274,846
+7.77%
44 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00231
$ 255,873
$ 255,873
+22.73%
45 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000631
$ 159,381
$ 159,381
-4.08%
46 Yala Token YALA $ 0.000461
$ 132,987
$ 132,987
+20.44%
47 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.000709
$ 125,785
$ 125,785
+3.11%
48 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0856
$ 88,177
$ 88,177
+0.17%
49 Moon Rabbit AAA $ 0.0₆197
$ 61,558
$ 61,558
+1.59%
50 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.000502
$ 55,753
$ 55,753
+6.83%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Checkmate CHECK $ 0.0395
$ 6.01M
$ 6.01 million
+12.96%
Block Block $ 0.00660
$ 5.10M
$ 5.10 million
+11.40%
SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.250
$ 72.14M
$ 72.14 million
+9.13%
Uniswap UNI $ 3.70
$ 2.35B
$ 2.35 billion
+7.50%
Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.366
$ 126.14M
$ 126.14 million
+6.22%
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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