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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.84
$ 2.43B
$ 2.43 billion
+0.69%
2 Aave AAVE $ 118.15
$ 1.82B
$ 1.82 billion
+2.89%
3 Decred DCR $ 29.42
$ 508.81M
$ 508.81 million
+3.07%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.247
$ 362.09M
$ 362.09 million
+1.54%
5 Compound COMP $ 17.22
$ 171.65M
$ 171.65 million
-3.27%
6 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.304
$ 104.51M
$ 104.51 million
-2.65%
7 0x ZRX $ 0.103
$ 87.53M
$ 87.53 million
-4.80%
8 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.202
$ 59.12M
$ 59.12 million
+0.51%
9 Venus XVS $ 2.96
$ 50.30M
$ 50.30 million
+0.35%
10 BTR token BTR $ 0.174
$ 47.87M
$ 47.87 million
-3.25%
11 Mask Network MASK $ 0.427
$ 34.58M
$ 34.58 million
+0.04%
12 Illuvium ILV $ 3.52
$ 32.20M
$ 32.20 million
-1.44%
13 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00633
$ 32.04M
$ 32.04 million
+1.34%
14 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0826
$ 30.07M
$ 30.07 million
+0.64%
15 UMA UMA $ 0.429
$ 25.60M
$ 25.60 million
-9.19%
16 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0857
$ 24.37M
$ 24.37 million
+3.47%
17 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0236
$ 12.78M
$ 12.78 million
-0.89%
18 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0224
$ 12.22M
$ 12.22 million
+0.45%
19 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00171
$ 11.11M
$ 11.11 million
-1.60%
20 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0140
$ 10.10M
$ 10.10 million
+1.48%
21 Balancer BAL $ 0.131
$ 8.93M
$ 8.93 million
+2.01%
22 Harvest Finance FARM $ 12.00
$ 8.24M
$ 8.24 million
+1.53%
23 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000793
$ 7.63M
$ 7.63 million
+4.98%
24 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.368
$ 7.37M
$ 7.37 million
+2.07%
25 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00749
$ 7.30M
$ 7.30 million
+24.15%
26 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0358
$ 7.30M
$ 7.30 million
-8.05%
27 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00332
$ 7.01M
$ 7.01 million
-3.00%
28 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00671
$ 5.31M
$ 5.31 million
+70.80%
29 Block Block $ 0.00580
$ 4.16M
$ 4.16 million
+1.14%
30 REI Network REI $ 0.00251
$ 2.48M
$ 2.48 million
-1.29%
31 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0141
$ 2.32M
$ 2.32 million
-1.32%
32 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆150
$ 1.50M
$ 1.50 million
+1.54%
33 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00142
$ 295,848
$ 295,848
-0.51%

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34 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 48.01
$ 162.29M
$ 162.29 million
+0.08%
35 Maker MKR $ 1,667.49
$ 159.27M
$ 159.27 million
+1.96%
36 Mantra DAO OM $ 0.0703
$ 83.72M
$ 83.72 million
+5.18%
37 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00963
$ 7.94M
$ 7.94 million
-6.32%
38 decentral.games DG $ 0.00599
$ 5.56M
$ 5.56 million
+0.00%
39 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.185
$ 3.79M
$ 3.79 million
-4.96%
40 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000238
$ 1.19M
$ 1.19 million
+0.50%
41 Prism PRISM $ 0.000530
$ 972,360
$ 972,360
+1.59%
42 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0286
$ 451,816
$ 451,816
+2.90%
43 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00142
$ 441,273
$ 441,273
+4.01%
44 Yala Token YALA $ 0.00101
$ 280,595
$ 280,595
+0.25%
45 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00166
$ 184,154
$ 184,154
-24.59%
46 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.000999
$ 177,117
$ 177,117
-4.03%
47 PsyDAO Token PSY $ 0.00282
$ 126,403
$ 126,403
-1.13%
48 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0801
$ 82,465
$ 82,465
+0.01%
49 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.000791
$ 45,785
$ 45,785
+0.98%
50 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000170
$ 43,007
$ 43,007
-86.07%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00671
$ 5.31M
$ 5.31 million
+70.80%
Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00749
$ 7.30M
$ 7.30 million
+24.15%
Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000793
$ 7.63M
$ 7.63 million
+4.98%
Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0857
$ 24.37M
$ 24.37 million
+3.47%
Decred DCR $ 29.42
$ 508.81M
$ 508.81 million
+3.07%
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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