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# Coins Live Price Market cap 24h
1 Bittensor TAO $ 274.32
$ 3.02B
$ 3.02 billion
-0.35%
2 Uniswap UNI $ 2.59
$ 1.61B
$ 1.61 billion
+2.42%
3 Aave AAVE $ 68.98
$ 1.07B
$ 1.07 billion
+3.99%
4 ARBITRUM ARB $ 0.0863
$ 538.93M
$ 538.93 million
+3.17%
5 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.240
$ 353.41M
$ 353.41 million
+2.84%
6 Decred DCR $ 12.43
$ 217.12M
$ 217.12 million
+1.46%
7 Ethereum Name Service ENS $ 5.12
$ 206.57M
$ 206.57 million
+4.54%
8 Compound COMP $ 17.94
$ 179.72M
$ 179.72 million
+2.14%
9 Velvet VELVET $ 0.349
$ 147.00M
$ 147.00 million
-31.83%
10 ApeCoin APE $ 0.132
$ 98.93M
$ 98.93 million
+3.25%
11 Fluid FLUID $ 1.09
$ 86.02M
$ 86.02 million
+3.18%
12 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.247
$ 84.84M
$ 84.84 million
+3.00%
13 0x ZRX $ 0.0891
$ 75.48M
$ 75.48 million
+2.82%
14 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.181
$ 52.30M
$ 52.30 million
+4.13%
15 Venus XVS $ 2.51
$ 42.94M
$ 42.94 million
+3.23%
16 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.00793
$ 41.10M
$ 41.10 million
-1.43%
17 Mask Network MASK $ 0.375
$ 37.47M
$ 37.47 million
+1.99%
18 Illuvium ILV $ 3.41
$ 31.22M
$ 31.22 million
+2.24%
19 UMA UMA $ 0.408
$ 25.59M
$ 25.59 million
+2.14%
20 Venom VENOM $ 0.0117
$ 25.37M
$ 25.37 million
-2.50%
21 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0526
$ 21.47M
$ 21.47 million
+1.86%
22 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00563
$ 21.37M
$ 21.37 million
+3.13%
23 Yield Guild Games YGG $ 0.0261
$ 19.90M
$ 19.90 million
+3.22%
24 Checkmate CHECK $ 0.0654
$ 11.18M
$ 11.18 million
+0.34%
25 SuperRare RARE $ 0.0134
$ 10.96M
$ 10.96 million
+2.40%
26 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0188
$ 10.23M
$ 10.23 million
+0.26%
27 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0182
$ 9.95M
$ 9.95 million
-1.18%
28 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0103
$ 8.48M
$ 8.48 million
+1.94%
29 Gitcoin GTC $ 0.0816
$ 8.17M
$ 8.17 million
+1.35%
30 Balancer BAL $ 0.109
$ 7.43M
$ 7.43 million
+2.62%
31 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00105
$ 7.11M
$ 7.11 million
+2.29%
32 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.358
$ 6.96M
$ 6.96 million
+2.25%
33 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0321
$ 6.50M
$ 6.50 million
+2.71%
34 MESSIER M87 $ 0.0₅557
$ 5.57M
$ 5.57 million
-1.63%
35 Bitlayer BTR $ 0.0212
$ 5.36M
$ 5.36 million
+2.30%
36 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00236
$ 4.98M
$ 4.98 million
+8.90%
37 Alephium ALPH $ 0.0347
$ 4.66M
$ 4.66 million
+1.41%
38 Harvest Finance FARM $ 5.55
$ 3.81M
$ 3.81 million
+0.43%
39 Block Block $ 0.00335
$ 2.70M
$ 2.70 million
+1.70%
40 NodeOps NODE $ 0.00936
$ 1.69M
$ 1.69 million
+0.41%
41 Step App FITFI $ 0.000259
$ 1.19M
$ 1.19 million
-6.10%
42 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00315
$ 1.14M
$ 1.14 million
-2.40%
43 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0166
$ 330,934
$ 330,934
+5.62%

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44 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 64.82
$ 219.09M
$ 219.09 million
+1.73%
45 Maker MKR $ 1,325.30
$ 119.63M
$ 119.63 million
+2.06%
46 Inverse Finance INV $ 147.67
$ 34.91M
$ 34.91 million
+10.49%
47 Ambire Wallet WALLET $ 0.0162
$ 11.72M
$ 11.72 million
+2.65%
48 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.310
$ 6.37M
$ 6.37 million
+1.75%
49 VoltInu VOLT $ 0.0₇428
$ 5.90M
$ 5.90 million
+3.75%
50 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00631
$ 5.21M
$ 5.21 million
+0.80%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Live Price Market cap 24h
Towns TOWNS $ 0.00236
$ 4.98M
$ 4.98 million
+8.90%
OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0166
$ 330,934
$ 330,934
+5.62%
Ethereum Name Service ENS $ 5.12
$ 206.57M
$ 206.57 million
+4.54%
SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.181
$ 52.30M
$ 52.30 million
+4.13%
Aave AAVE $ 68.98
$ 1.07B
$ 1.07 billion
+3.99%
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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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