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1 Uniswap UNI $8.86
$5.50B
$5.50 billion
+1.48%
2 Bittensor TAO $287.79
$3.32B
$3.32 billion
+11.83%
3 Aave AAVE $142.94
$2.21B
$2.21 billion
+5.06%
4 SKY Governance Token SKY $0.0726
$1.70B
$1.70 billion
+5.40%
5 ARBITRUM ARB $0.231
$1.57B
$1.57 billion
+13.43%
6 Curve DAO Token CRV $0.354
$553.69M
$553.69 million
+3.42%
7 Midnight NIGHT $0.0240
$398.62M
$398.62 million
+1.55%
8 Lido DAO Token LDO $0.435
$363.18M
$363.18 million
+7.15%
9 Bedrock BR $1.20
$361.24M
$361.24 million
-0.81%
10 Decred DCR $17.58
$309.63M
$309.63 million
+2.03%
11 Ethereum Name Service ENS $6.78
$285.71M
$285.71 million
+6.73%
12 Compound COMP $22.30
$222.98M
$222.98 million
+6.20%
13 Dexe DEXE $1.92
$160.47M
$160.47 million
+5.92%
14 ApeCoin APE $0.145
$145.00M
$145.00 million
+7.09%
15 Synthetix Network SNX $0.237
$137.80M
$137.80 million
+5.75%
16 Fluid FLUID $1.38
$115.93M
$115.93 million
+7.97%
17 Lisk LSK $0.371
$105.40M
$105.40 million
-11.25%
18 0x ZRX $0.119
$100.59M
$100.59 million
+4.27%
19 Wormhole W $0.0118
$76.88M
$76.88 million
+7.63%
20 SUSHI SUSHI $0.258
$75.47M
$75.47 million
+5.38%
21 Venus XVS $3.29
$56.33M
$56.33 million
+4.95%
22 aelf ELF $0.0617
$53.36M
$53.36 million
+3.01%
23 RaveDAO RAVE $0.209
$49.96M
$49.96 million
+6.34%
24 Mask Network MASK $0.483
$48.30M
$48.30 million
+5.57%
25 Venom VENOM $0.0169
$39.19M
$39.19 million
+2.66%
26 Lista DAO LISTA $0.0822
$38.69M
$38.69 million
+2.64%
27 Illuvium ILV $3.64
$33.38M
$33.38 million
+5.34%
28 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $0.00934
$30.18M
$30.18 million
+5.22%
29 MANTRA MANTRA $0.00442
$28.59M
$28.59 million
+3.97%
30 Velvet VELVET $0.0604
$28.00M
$28.00 million
+7.97%
31 UMA UMA $0.399
$27.30M
$27.30 million
+3.13%
32 MESSIER M87 $0.0000263
$26.29M
$26.29 million
+10.96%
33 Yield Guild Games YGG $0.0260
$23.99M
$23.99 million
+5.05%
34 ChainGPT CGPT $0.0213
$19.91M
$19.91 million
+8.20%
35 VVS Finance VVS $0.0₅104
$16.78M
$16.78 million
+8.16%
36 SuperRare RARE $0.0132
$10.81M
$10.81 million
+5.39%
37 Alien Worlds TLM $0.00149
$10.43M
$10.43 million
+3.67%
38 TokenFi TOKEN $0.00224
$8.96M
$8.96 million
+11.25%
39 Gitcoin GTC $0.0878
$8.78M
$8.78 million
+5.56%
40 Balancer BAL $0.122
$8.59M
$8.59 million
+6.87%
41 Alephium ALPH $0.0590
$8.08M
$8.08 million
+1.63%
42 Hashflow HFT $0.00612
$5.66M
$5.66 million
+4.22%
43 DAO Maker DAO $0.0245
$4.84M
$4.84 million
+7.09%
44 Cryptex CTX $0.471
$4.40M
$4.40 million
+18.34%
45 Towns TOWNS $0.00204
$4.21M
$4.21 million
+3.86%
46 Ampleforth Governance Token FORTH $0.288
$3.57M
$3.57 million
-1.82%
47 Rarible RARI $0.118
$2.94M
$2.94 million
-4.37%
48 NodeOps NODE $0.00614
$1.84M
$1.84 million
-2.36%
49 Checkmate CHECK $0.0112
$1.69M
$1.69 million
+1.44%
50 Block Block $0.00116
$656,698
$656,698
+5.71%
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Trending DAO tokens

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Coins Live Price Market cap 24h
Cryptex CTX $0.471
$4.40M
$4.40 million
+18.34%
ARBITRUM ARB $0.231
$1.57B
$1.57 billion
+13.43%
Bittensor TAO $287.79
$3.32B
$3.32 billion
+11.83%
TokenFi TOKEN $0.00224
$8.96M
$8.96 million
+11.25%
MESSIER M87 $0.0000263
$26.29M
$26.29 million
+10.96%
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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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