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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.98
$ 2.52B
$ 2.52 billion
+2.57%
2 Aave AAVE $ 115.51
$ 1.79B
$ 1.79 billion
+5.98%
3 Decred DCR $ 27.17
$ 470.47M
$ 470.47 million
-0.70%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.241
$ 353.00M
$ 353.00 million
+3.24%
5 Maker MKR $ 1,942.64
$ 185.27M
$ 185.27 million
+4.22%
6 Compound COMP $ 18.35
$ 182.94M
$ 182.94 million
+2.77%
7 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.318
$ 109.33M
$ 109.33 million
-0.14%
8 0x ZRX $ 0.107
$ 91.12M
$ 91.12 million
+2.51%
9 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.0163
$ 77.52M
$ 77.52 million
+1.47%
10 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.211
$ 61.78M
$ 61.78 million
+4.08%
11 Venus XVS $ 3.03
$ 51.64M
$ 51.64 million
+1.80%
12 Illuvium ILV $ 4.24
$ 38.81M
$ 38.81 million
+6.38%
13 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00755
$ 38.23M
$ 38.23 million
+0.23%
14 Mask Network MASK $ 0.446
$ 36.42M
$ 36.42 million
+0.03%
15 Bitlayer BTR $ 0.119
$ 32.74M
$ 32.74 million
-20.40%
16 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0765
$ 27.98M
$ 27.98 million
-3.71%
17 UMA UMA $ 0.430
$ 25.98M
$ 25.98 million
-0.47%
18 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0894
$ 24.39M
$ 24.39 million
-0.57%
19 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0218
$ 11.91M
$ 11.91 million
+3.84%
20 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0155
$ 11.42M
$ 11.42 million
-0.78%
21 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00172
$ 11.20M
$ 11.20 million
+1.11%
22 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0203
$ 11.01M
$ 11.01 million
-0.36%
23 Balancer BAL $ 0.155
$ 10.54M
$ 10.54 million
+3.59%
24 Harvest Finance FARM $ 13.85
$ 9.52M
$ 9.52 million
+1.17%
25 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000874
$ 8.42M
$ 8.42 million
+0.86%
26 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.400
$ 7.96M
$ 7.96 million
+0.62%
27 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00376
$ 7.93M
$ 7.93 million
-2.33%
28 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0350
$ 6.98M
$ 6.98 million
-0.20%
29 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00666
$ 5.27M
$ 5.27 million
+0.75%
30 Block Block $ 0.00613
$ 4.40M
$ 4.40 million
+5.35%
31 REI Network REI $ 0.00250
$ 2.47M
$ 2.47 million
+0.87%
32 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0142
$ 2.35M
$ 2.35 million
-0.93%
33 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0406
$ 748,014
$ 748,014
+1.49%
34 Yala Token YALA $ 0.000752
$ 211,765
$ 211,765
-11.23%
35 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00102
$ 211,572
$ 211,572
-0.66%

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36 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 47.99
$ 162.19M
$ 162.19 million
-0.02%
37 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00901
$ 7.43M
$ 7.43 million
-4.15%
38 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00684
$ 6.50M
$ 6.50 million
+0.93%
39 decentral.games DG $ 0.00599
$ 5.56M
$ 5.56 million
+0.00%
40 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.191
$ 3.91M
$ 3.91 million
+0.18%
41 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆158
$ 1.58M
$ 1.58 million
+2.55%
42 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000292
$ 1.46M
$ 1.46 million
+12.65%
43 Prism PRISM $ 0.000489
$ 896,560
$ 896,560
+0.52%
44 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00122
$ 380,302
$ 380,302
-1.02%
45 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00180
$ 200,205
$ 200,205
+3.84%
46 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.00100
$ 177,472
$ 177,472
-1.01%
47 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.00183
$ 105,781
$ 105,781
+0.00%
48 HYVE HYVE $ 0.00300
$ 105,748
$ 105,748
+106.75%
49 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000382
$ 96,423
$ 96,423
+24.80%
50 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0819
$ 84,286
$ 84,286
+1.28%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Illuvium ILV $ 4.24
$ 38.81M
$ 38.81 million
+6.38%
Aave AAVE $ 115.51
$ 1.79B
$ 1.79 billion
+5.98%
Block Block $ 0.00613
$ 4.40M
$ 4.40 million
+5.35%
Maker MKR $ 1,942.64
$ 185.27M
$ 185.27 million
+4.22%
SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.211
$ 61.78M
$ 61.78 million
+4.08%
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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