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# Coins Live Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $6.29
$3.91B
$3.91 billion
+0.58%
2 Bittensor TAO $235.12
$2.67B
$2.67 billion
+1.39%
3 Aave AAVE $126.61
$1.96B
$1.96 billion
+1.83%
4 SKY Governance Token SKY $0.0624
$1.46B
$1.46 billion
+0.71%
5 ARBITRUM ARB $0.135
$900.04M
$900.04 million
-2.17%
6 Curve DAO Token CRV $0.348
$542.38M
$542.38 million
-0.93%
7 Midnight NIGHT $0.0202
$336.28M
$336.28 million
-0.99%
8 Lisk LSK $0.840
$313.05M
$313.05 million
-9.56%
9 Lido DAO Token LDO $0.367
$306.04M
$306.04 million
-0.54%
10 Decred DCR $16.92
$297.74M
$297.74 million
+4.08%
11 Ethereum Name Service ENS $5.74
$242.29M
$242.29 million
+1.25%
12 Compound COMP $19.49
$194.98M
$194.98 million
-0.95%
13 Dexe DEXE $1.80
$150.70M
$150.70 million
-1.68%
14 Bedrock BR $0.473
$142.15M
$142.15 million
+77.24%
15 ApeCoin APE $0.133
$132.95M
$132.95 million
-1.10%
16 Synthetix Network SNX $0.212
$123.33M
$123.33 million
-2.18%
17 Fluid FLUID $1.19
$99.81M
$99.81 million
+2.19%
18 0x ZRX $0.110
$93.69M
$93.69 million
-2.86%
19 Wormhole W $0.0101
$65.15M
$65.15 million
+2.31%
20 SUSHI SUSHI $0.219
$64.11M
$64.11 million
-2.78%
21 aelf ELF $0.0670
$57.95M
$57.95 million
+32.68%
22 Venus XVS $3.08
$52.69M
$52.69 million
+0.23%
23 Mask Network MASK $0.466
$46.57M
$46.57 million
-0.05%
24 RaveDAO RAVE $0.185
$44.66M
$44.66 million
-1.52%
25 Lista DAO LISTA $0.0763
$33.71M
$33.71 million
-0.73%
26 Illuvium ILV $3.49
$32.02M
$32.02 million
-5.09%
27 MANTRA MANTRA $0.00427
$27.46M
$27.46 million
+2.14%
28 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $0.00786
$25.37M
$25.37 million
+0.39%
29 UMA UMA $0.370
$25.30M
$25.30 million
-1.65%
30 Velvet VELVET $0.0524
$24.29M
$24.29 million
+0.47%
31 Yield Guild Games YGG $0.0236
$22.24M
$22.24 million
-0.94%
32 ChainGPT CGPT $0.0201
$18.78M
$18.78 million
-1.70%
33 MESSIER M87 $0.0000160
$16.00M
$16.00 million
+5.20%
34 Alien Worlds TLM $0.00140
$9.83M
$9.83 million
-0.05%
35 SuperRare RARE $0.0119
$9.79M
$9.79 million
-0.35%
36 TokenFi TOKEN $0.00213
$8.47M
$8.47 million
-0.02%
37 Gitcoin GTC $0.0784
$7.84M
$7.84 million
-0.20%
38 Balancer BAL $0.110
$7.67M
$7.67 million
+0.74%
39 Hashflow HFT $0.00588
$5.44M
$5.44 million
-3.33%
40 DAO Maker DAO $0.0226
$4.50M
$4.50 million
-1.18%
41 Harvest Finance FARM $6.52
$4.47M
$4.47 million
+8.10%
42 Towns TOWNS $0.00185
$3.91M
$3.91 million
-3.24%
43 Ampleforth Governance Token FORTH $0.280
$3.47M
$3.47 million
-19.84%
44 Cryptex CTX $0.349
$3.26M
$3.26 million
-1.76%
45 Checkmate CHECK $0.0120
$2.01M
$2.01 million
-4.31%
46 NodeOps NODE $0.00573
$1.72M
$1.72 million
-6.77%
47 Humanode HMND $0.00161
$413,202
$413,202
+0.54%

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48 AGON Agent AGON $19.07
$19.07B
$19.07 billion
-3.59%
49 ARCS ARX $0.148
$681.76M
$681.76 million
+0.33%
50 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $69.28
$234.16M
$234.16 million
-0.02%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Live Price Market cap 24h
Bedrock BR $0.473
$142.15M
$142.15 million
+77.24%
aelf ELF $0.0670
$57.95M
$57.95 million
+32.68%
Harvest Finance FARM $6.52
$4.47M
$4.47 million
+8.10%
MESSIER M87 $0.0000160
$16.00M
$16.00 million
+5.20%
Decred DCR $16.92
$297.74M
$297.74 million
+4.08%
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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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