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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.59
$ 2.27B
$ 2.27 billion
-2.38%
2 Aave AAVE $ 107.86
$ 1.67B
$ 1.67 billion
-4.81%
3 Decred DCR $ 22.54
$ 391.70M
$ 391.70 million
-1.42%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.225
$ 330.33M
$ 330.33 million
-3.66%
5 Compound COMP $ 18.87
$ 188.12M
$ 188.12 million
-3.52%
6 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 47.96
$ 162.10M
$ 162.10 million
+0.19%
7 Maker MKR $ 1,700.47
$ 161.53M
$ 161.53 million
-3.37%
8 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.296
$ 101.87M
$ 101.87 million
-1.05%
9 0x ZRX $ 0.103
$ 87.58M
$ 87.58 million
-1.09%
10 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.0129
$ 62.33M
$ 62.33 million
+2.46%
11 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.197
$ 57.34M
$ 57.34 million
-2.50%
12 Venus XVS $ 2.66
$ 45.29M
$ 45.29 million
-2.76%
13 Mask Network MASK $ 0.438
$ 35.74M
$ 35.74 million
-3.32%
14 Illuvium ILV $ 3.64
$ 33.35M
$ 33.35 million
-0.88%
15 UMA UMA $ 0.413
$ 26.86M
$ 26.86 million
-3.62%
16 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0729
$ 26.77M
$ 26.77 million
+6.11%
17 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00668
$ 26.02M
$ 26.02 million
-4.05%
18 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0811
$ 22.89M
$ 22.89 million
-3.52%
19 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0842
$ 16.85M
$ 16.85 million
+70.24%
20 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0203
$ 11.03M
$ 11.03 million
-0.66%
21 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00168
$ 10.97M
$ 10.97 million
-1.59%
22 Balancer BAL $ 0.153
$ 10.38M
$ 10.38 million
-2.39%
23 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0187
$ 10.23M
$ 10.23 million
-2.86%
24 Bitlayer BTR $ 0.0372
$ 10.05M
$ 10.05 million
-7.77%
25 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0130
$ 9.83M
$ 9.83 million
-3.46%
26 Harvest Finance FARM $ 11.54
$ 7.93M
$ 7.93 million
-4.01%
27 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00363
$ 7.64M
$ 7.64 million
-8.20%
28 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.366
$ 7.32M
$ 7.32 million
-0.71%
29 Block Block $ 0.00545
$ 4.07M
$ 4.07 million
-1.40%
30 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00477
$ 3.78M
$ 3.78 million
-6.82%
31 REI Network REI $ 0.00353
$ 3.31M
$ 3.31 million
+32.29%
32 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000315
$ 2.56M
$ 2.56 million
-61.18%
33 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0136
$ 2.29M
$ 2.29 million
+2.83%
34 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0239
$ 453,035
$ 453,035
-6.57%
35 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00102
$ 222,064
$ 222,064
+3.84%

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36 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00854
$ 7.05M
$ 7.05 million
-3.08%
37 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00688
$ 6.55M
$ 6.55 million
-2.17%
38 decentral.games DG $ 0.00599
$ 5.56M
$ 5.56 million
+0.00%
39 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.239
$ 4.88M
$ 4.88 million
-2.81%
40 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆159
$ 1.59M
$ 1.59 million
-1.76%
41 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000286
$ 1.43M
$ 1.43 million
+7.56%
42 Prism PRISM $ 0.000466
$ 855,377
$ 855,377
-2.63%
43 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00137
$ 428,312
$ 428,312
-18.59%
44 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00176
$ 194,941
$ 194,941
-19.47%
45 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.000993
$ 176,018
$ 176,018
-2.26%
46 Yala Token YALA $ 0.000621
$ 176,008
$ 176,008
+3.17%
47 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.00183
$ 105,781
$ 105,781
+0.00%
48 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0858
$ 88,417
$ 88,417
-0.55%
49 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000256
$ 64,526
$ 64,526
-38.31%
50 Moon Rabbit AAA $ 0.0₇934
$ 29,390
$ 29,390
+60.75%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0842
$ 16.85M
$ 16.85 million
+70.24%
REI Network REI $ 0.00353
$ 3.31M
$ 3.31 million
+32.29%
Velvet VELVET $ 0.0729
$ 26.77M
$ 26.77 million
+6.11%
Choise.com CHO $ 0.00102
$ 222,064
$ 222,064
+3.84%
NodeOps NODE $ 0.0136
$ 2.29M
$ 2.29 million
+2.83%
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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