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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.21
$ 2.04B
$ 2.04 billion
-2.45%
2 Aave AAVE $ 92.80
$ 1.44B
$ 1.44 billion
-4.77%
3 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.234
$ 345.12M
$ 345.12 million
+0.54%
4 Decred DCR $ 18.55
$ 322.69M
$ 322.69 million
-3.14%
5 Compound COMP $ 24.22
$ 241.77M
$ 241.77 million
+1.82%
6 Maker MKR $ 1,845.28
$ 168.40M
$ 168.40 million
-7.27%
7 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 44.42
$ 150.15M
$ 150.15 million
+28.60%
8 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.312
$ 107.48M
$ 107.48 million
-1.85%
9 0x ZRX $ 0.111
$ 93.91M
$ 93.91 million
-2.88%
10 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.208
$ 60.05M
$ 60.05 million
-2.72%
11 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.0103
$ 51.05M
$ 51.05 million
-4.60%
12 Mask Network MASK $ 0.503
$ 43.82M
$ 43.82 million
-3.67%
13 Venus XVS $ 2.54
$ 43.34M
$ 43.34 million
-2.63%
14 Velvet VELVET $ 0.117
$ 42.93M
$ 42.93 million
+2.11%
15 Illuvium ILV $ 4.66
$ 42.60M
$ 42.60 million
-5.11%
16 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0849
$ 30.71M
$ 30.71 million
-3.71%
17 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00761
$ 29.41M
$ 29.41 million
-2.14%
18 UMA UMA $ 0.455
$ 29.11M
$ 29.11 million
-2.65%
19 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00184
$ 12.05M
$ 12.05 million
-2.07%
20 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0143
$ 11.44M
$ 11.44 million
-2.51%
21 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.549
$ 11.22M
$ 11.22 million
+49.59%
22 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0206
$ 11.21M
$ 11.21 million
-4.34%
23 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0195
$ 10.62M
$ 10.62 million
+2.31%
24 Balancer BAL $ 0.148
$ 10.05M
$ 10.05 million
-9.96%
25 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.438
$ 8.53M
$ 8.53 million
-3.52%
26 Harvest Finance FARM $ 11.55
$ 7.94M
$ 7.94 million
-3.06%
27 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0413
$ 7.91M
$ 7.91 million
-0.76%
28 Bitlayer BTR $ 0.0279
$ 7.55M
$ 7.55 million
-2.61%
29 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00324
$ 6.83M
$ 6.83 million
-1.57%
30 Block Block $ 0.00838
$ 6.39M
$ 6.39 million
+5.91%
31 Checkmate CHECK $ 0.0198
$ 3.02M
$ 3.02 million
+1.84%
32 REI Network REI $ 0.00286
$ 2.83M
$ 2.83 million
-3.70%
33 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0117
$ 1.93M
$ 1.93 million
+2.35%
34 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00385
$ 1.39M
$ 1.39 million
-6.33%
35 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.0000690
$ 624,216
$ 624,216
-1.48%

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36 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00615
$ 5.84M
$ 5.84 million
+1.44%
37 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00664
$ 5.48M
$ 5.48 million
-1.92%
38 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆144
$ 1.44M
$ 1.44 million
-3.63%
39 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000185
$ 924,207
$ 924,207
-0.80%
40 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00240
$ 749,163
$ 749,163
+6.13%
41 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0251
$ 500,387
$ 500,387
-2.11%
42 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00136
$ 310,871
$ 310,871
-0.45%
43 Yala Token YALA $ 0.000960
$ 276,789
$ 276,789
+34.49%
44 PsyDAO Token PSY $ 0.00558
$ 248,223
$ 248,223
+28.14%
45 HYVE HYVE $ 0.00195
$ 211,061
$ 211,061
+68.49%
46 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00186
$ 206,215
$ 206,215
-3.41%
47 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.00183
$ 202,797
$ 202,797
+0.00%
48 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000575
$ 145,328
$ 145,328
-5.28%
49 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0812
$ 83,606
$ 83,606
-3.25%
50 Moon Rabbit AAA $ 0.0₆198
$ 61,745
$ 61,745
+2.43%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
VitaDAO VITA $ 0.549
$ 11.22M
$ 11.22 million
+49.59%
BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 44.42
$ 150.15M
$ 150.15 million
+28.60%
Block Block $ 0.00838
$ 6.39M
$ 6.39 million
+5.91%
NodeOps NODE $ 0.0117
$ 1.93M
$ 1.93 million
+2.35%
Marinade MNDE $ 0.0195
$ 10.62M
$ 10.62 million
+2.31%
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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