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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.59
$ 2.28B
$ 2.28 billion
+2.52%
2 Aave AAVE $ 126.73
$ 1.95B
$ 1.95 billion
+0.81%
3 Decred DCR $ 23.81
$ 411.21M
$ 411.21 million
+1.24%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.255
$ 374.11M
$ 374.11 million
+1.83%
5 Compound COMP $ 19.73
$ 196.70M
$ 196.70 million
-2.34%
6 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.295
$ 101.53M
$ 101.53 million
+1.19%
7 0x ZRX $ 0.109
$ 92.45M
$ 92.45 million
-1.54%
8 Mantra DAO OM $ 0.0614
$ 72.99M
$ 72.99 million
-0.83%
9 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.212
$ 62.03M
$ 62.03 million
+1.62%
10 Venus XVS $ 3.08
$ 52.47M
$ 52.47 million
+5.87%
11 BTR token BTR $ 0.170
$ 46.63M
$ 46.63 million
-19.78%
12 Mask Network MASK $ 0.470
$ 38.04M
$ 38.04 million
+0.37%
13 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00712
$ 36.07M
$ 36.07 million
+2.09%
14 Illuvium ILV $ 3.92
$ 35.91M
$ 35.91 million
+1.99%
15 UMA UMA $ 0.555
$ 33.34M
$ 33.34 million
+11.30%
16 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0955
$ 27.23M
$ 27.23 million
+5.98%
17 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0850
$ 26.67M
$ 26.67 million
+1.83%
18 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0237
$ 12.97M
$ 12.97 million
-4.93%
19 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0183
$ 12.79M
$ 12.79 million
+2.22%
20 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00176
$ 11.45M
$ 11.45 million
+1.51%
21 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0199
$ 10.82M
$ 10.82 million
-0.38%
22 Balancer BAL $ 0.157
$ 10.72M
$ 10.72 million
+2.05%
23 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000981
$ 9.42M
$ 9.42 million
+2.34%
24 Harvest Finance FARM $ 12.74
$ 8.75M
$ 8.75 million
+1.94%
25 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00412
$ 8.69M
$ 8.69 million
+2.60%
26 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.376
$ 7.53M
$ 7.53 million
+0.55%
27 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00714
$ 6.78M
$ 6.78 million
+0.03%
28 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0319
$ 6.43M
$ 6.43 million
+2.92%
29 Block Block $ 0.00752
$ 5.41M
$ 5.41 million
+1.02%
30 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00415
$ 3.28M
$ 3.28 million
-0.39%
31 REI Network REI $ 0.00282
$ 2.77M
$ 2.77 million
-2.21%
32 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0153
$ 2.52M
$ 2.52 million
-2.53%
33 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0308
$ 425,663
$ 425,663
+0.63%
34 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00190
$ 392,312
$ 392,312
+0.30%
35 Yala Token YALA $ 0.00138
$ 315,610
$ 315,610
-0.70%

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36 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 48.02
$ 162.30M
$ 162.30 million
+0.09%
37 Maker MKR $ 1,581.11
$ 151.77M
$ 151.77 million
+0.75%
38 TORG TORG $ 0.0000112
$ 8.72M
$ 8.72 million
+57,752.75%
39 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00984
$ 8.11M
$ 8.11 million
-1.61%
40 decentral.games DG $ 0.00599
$ 5.56M
$ 5.56 million
+0.00%
41 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.210
$ 4.30M
$ 4.30 million
+4.43%
42 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆156
$ 1.56M
$ 1.56 million
+1.79%
43 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000233
$ 1.16M
$ 1.16 million
-7.52%
44 Prism PRISM $ 0.000561
$ 1.03M
$ 1.03 million
+1.18%
45 Synesis One SNS $ 0.000160
$ 403,700
$ 403,700
-18.02%
46 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00102
$ 318,851
$ 318,851
+8.66%
47 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00190
$ 210,893
$ 210,893
+0.00%
48 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.00107
$ 190,592
$ 190,592
-1.59%
49 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0795
$ 81,852
$ 81,852
+0.12%
50 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.000794
$ 45,951
$ 45,951
+0.16%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
UMA UMA $ 0.555
$ 33.34M
$ 33.34 million
+11.30%
Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0955
$ 27.23M
$ 27.23 million
+5.98%
Venus XVS $ 3.08
$ 52.47M
$ 52.47 million
+5.87%
DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0319
$ 6.43M
$ 6.43 million
+2.92%
Towns TOWNS $ 0.00412
$ 8.69M
$ 8.69 million
+2.60%
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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