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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.98
$ 2.52B
$ 2.52 billion
-0.60%
2 Aave AAVE $ 117.56
$ 1.81B
$ 1.81 billion
+0.86%
3 Decred DCR $ 30.87
$ 533.99M
$ 533.99 million
-5.75%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.252
$ 369.05M
$ 369.05 million
-0.88%
5 Compound COMP $ 18.06
$ 179.46M
$ 179.46 million
-0.13%
6 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.335
$ 114.92M
$ 114.92 million
-0.19%
7 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.0200
$ 95.25M
$ 95.25 million
-13.13%
8 0x ZRX $ 0.109
$ 92.16M
$ 92.16 million
+1.18%
9 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.207
$ 60.15M
$ 60.15 million
-1.04%
10 Venus XVS $ 3.04
$ 51.75M
$ 51.75 million
-2.46%
11 BTR token BTR $ 0.178
$ 48.85M
$ 48.85 million
-1.40%
12 Mask Network MASK $ 0.453
$ 36.58M
$ 36.58 million
-1.62%
13 Velvet VELVET $ 0.100
$ 36.42M
$ 36.42 million
+15.34%
14 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00714
$ 36.08M
$ 36.08 million
+0.67%
15 Illuvium ILV $ 3.74
$ 34.17M
$ 34.17 million
+2.13%
16 UMA UMA $ 0.428
$ 25.52M
$ 25.52 million
-1.34%
17 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0881
$ 25.00M
$ 25.00 million
-0.36%
18 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0222
$ 12.14M
$ 12.14 million
-0.88%
19 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0218
$ 11.85M
$ 11.85 million
-0.19%
20 Balancer BAL $ 0.162
$ 11.01M
$ 11.01 million
-8.71%
21 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00169
$ 10.96M
$ 10.96 million
+0.03%
22 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0150
$ 10.82M
$ 10.82 million
+2.14%
23 Harvest Finance FARM $ 13.12
$ 9.00M
$ 9.00 million
+1.55%
24 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000847
$ 8.14M
$ 8.14 million
-0.71%
25 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00379
$ 8.01M
$ 8.01 million
+10.67%
26 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.389
$ 7.78M
$ 7.78 million
-1.63%
27 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0330
$ 6.75M
$ 6.75 million
-2.48%
28 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00713
$ 5.65M
$ 5.65 million
+40.99%
29 Block Block $ 0.00574
$ 4.12M
$ 4.12 million
-2.84%
30 REI Network REI $ 0.00246
$ 2.42M
$ 2.42 million
-1.67%
31 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0141
$ 2.33M
$ 2.33 million
-0.13%
32 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00110
$ 228,533
$ 228,533
+5.15%

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33 Maker MKR $ 1,796.79
$ 171.63M
$ 171.63 million
-0.45%
34 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 47.94
$ 162.07M
$ 162.07 million
-0.13%
35 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00999
$ 8.24M
$ 8.24 million
-4.58%
36 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00704
$ 6.70M
$ 6.70 million
-3.94%
37 decentral.games DG $ 0.00599
$ 5.56M
$ 5.56 million
+0.00%
38 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.186
$ 3.79M
$ 3.79 million
-0.02%
39 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆159
$ 1.59M
$ 1.59 million
-3.89%
40 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000218
$ 1.09M
$ 1.09 million
-1.73%
41 Prism PRISM $ 0.000523
$ 959,042
$ 959,042
-1.13%
42 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0358
$ 609,975
$ 609,975
+2.09%
43 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00138
$ 429,352
$ 429,352
-1.53%
44 Yala Token YALA $ 0.00101
$ 279,917
$ 279,917
+0.07%
45 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00214
$ 237,377
$ 237,377
-2.72%
46 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.000986
$ 174,883
$ 174,883
-2.70%
47 PsyDAO Token PSY $ 0.00296
$ 132,380
$ 132,380
-2.25%
48 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.00183
$ 105,781
$ 105,781
+0.00%
49 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0812
$ 83,748
$ 83,748
-1.79%
50 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000194
$ 49,036
$ 49,036
-16.09%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00713
$ 5.65M
$ 5.65 million
+40.99%
Velvet VELVET $ 0.100
$ 36.42M
$ 36.42 million
+15.34%
Towns TOWNS $ 0.00379
$ 8.01M
$ 8.01 million
+10.67%
Choise.com CHO $ 0.00110
$ 228,533
$ 228,533
+5.15%
Hashflow HFT $ 0.0150
$ 10.82M
$ 10.82 million
+2.14%
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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