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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.20
$ 2.04B
$ 2.04 billion
+0.80%
2 Aave AAVE $ 92.08
$ 1.43B
$ 1.43 billion
-0.39%
3 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.231
$ 339.82M
$ 339.82 million
-1.11%
4 Decred DCR $ 19.01
$ 330.69M
$ 330.69 million
+4.88%
5 Compound COMP $ 24.01
$ 239.71M
$ 239.71 million
+1.28%
6 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.310
$ 106.67M
$ 106.67 million
+4.00%
7 0x ZRX $ 0.109
$ 92.40M
$ 92.40 million
-1.09%
8 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.213
$ 61.54M
$ 61.54 million
+3.64%
9 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.0102
$ 50.74M
$ 50.74 million
+3.67%
10 Mask Network MASK $ 0.518
$ 45.08M
$ 45.08 million
+3.98%
11 Venus XVS $ 2.54
$ 43.36M
$ 43.36 million
+0.90%
12 Illuvium ILV $ 4.73
$ 43.29M
$ 43.29 million
+2.83%
13 Velvet VELVET $ 0.103
$ 37.79M
$ 37.79 million
-10.44%
14 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00787
$ 30.43M
$ 30.43 million
+5.99%
15 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0831
$ 30.13M
$ 30.13 million
+1.95%
16 UMA UMA $ 0.456
$ 29.18M
$ 29.18 million
+1.29%
17 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00183
$ 11.99M
$ 11.99 million
+1.02%
18 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0218
$ 11.87M
$ 11.87 million
+3.95%
19 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0144
$ 11.59M
$ 11.59 million
+2.64%
20 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0195
$ 10.64M
$ 10.64 million
-0.74%
21 Balancer BAL $ 0.149
$ 10.17M
$ 10.17 million
+1.97%
22 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.455
$ 8.87M
$ 8.87 million
+0.55%
23 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0410
$ 8.09M
$ 8.09 million
+0.61%
24 Harvest Finance FARM $ 11.47
$ 7.88M
$ 7.88 million
+0.75%
25 Bitlayer BTR $ 0.0279
$ 7.54M
$ 7.54 million
+6.37%
26 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00336
$ 7.09M
$ 7.09 million
+6.67%
27 Block Block $ 0.00743
$ 5.67M
$ 5.67 million
+0.36%
28 Checkmate CHECK $ 0.0235
$ 3.57M
$ 3.57 million
-7.25%
29 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0122
$ 2.19M
$ 2.19 million
+0.94%
30 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00422
$ 1.52M
$ 1.52 million
+1.40%
31 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000107
$ 969,461
$ 969,461
+13.23%
32 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0295
$ 587,033
$ 587,033
+5.95%

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33 Maker MKR $ 1,693.97
$ 154.60M
$ 154.60 million
-8.76%
34 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 31.37
$ 106.04M
$ 106.04 million
-24.43%
35 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.520
$ 10.65M
$ 10.65 million
-3.75%
36 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00712
$ 5.87M
$ 5.87 million
+6.90%
37 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00608
$ 5.78M
$ 5.78 million
+0.78%
38 REI Network REI $ 0.00283
$ 2.81M
$ 2.81 million
+3.42%
39 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆146
$ 1.46M
$ 1.46 million
+1.62%
40 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000174
$ 868,285
$ 868,285
-5.66%
41 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00234
$ 729,523
$ 729,523
-2.16%
42 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00138
$ 315,101
$ 315,101
+1.23%
43 PsyDAO Token PSY $ 0.00501
$ 222,961
$ 222,961
-0.09%
44 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00189
$ 209,478
$ 209,478
+1.11%
45 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000537
$ 135,560
$ 135,560
-5.10%
46 Yala Token YALA $ 0.000431
$ 124,182
$ 124,182
+58.87%
47 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.000839
$ 93,168
$ 93,168
-54.06%
48 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0841
$ 86,625
$ 86,625
+3.56%
49 Moon Rabbit AAA $ 0.0₆193
$ 60,185
$ 60,185
-0.52%
50 Aragon Network Token ANT $ 0.000145
$ 6,259
$ 6,259
-10.50%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000107
$ 969,461
$ 969,461
+13.23%
Towns TOWNS $ 0.00336
$ 7.09M
$ 7.09 million
+6.67%
Bitlayer BTR $ 0.0279
$ 7.54M
$ 7.54 million
+6.37%
ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00787
$ 30.43M
$ 30.43 million
+5.99%
OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0295
$ 587,033
$ 587,033
+5.95%
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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