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1 Uniswap UNI $8.82
$5.47B
$5.47 billion
-9.65%
2 Bittensor TAO $302.85
$3.50B
$3.50 billion
-7.84%
3 Aave AAVE $147.36
$2.28B
$2.28 billion
-4.94%
4 SKY Governance Token SKY $0.0786
$1.84B
$1.84 billion
+3.66%
5 ARBITRUM ARB $0.202
$1.37B
$1.37 billion
-11.50%
6 Curve DAO Token CRV $0.358
$561.32M
$561.32 million
+1.66%
7 Midnight NIGHT $0.0279
$462.78M
$462.78 million
+1.70%
8 Lido DAO Token LDO $0.443
$369.38M
$369.38 million
-10.25%
9 Decred DCR $17.83
$314.27M
$314.27 million
-2.56%
10 Ethereum Name Service ENS $6.62
$279.33M
$279.33 million
-5.96%
11 Bedrock BR $0.895
$269.98M
$269.98 million
+1.15%
12 Compound COMP $23.50
$235.05M
$235.05 million
-2.77%
13 Dexe DEXE $1.82
$152.65M
$152.65 million
-3.79%
14 ApeCoin APE $0.147
$147.28M
$147.28 million
-9.99%
15 Synthetix Network SNX $0.242
$140.91M
$140.91 million
-9.86%
16 Fluid FLUID $1.40
$117.46M
$117.46 million
-6.03%
17 0x ZRX $0.121
$103.00M
$103.00 million
-4.32%
18 Wormhole W $0.0135
$87.99M
$87.99 million
-12.79%
19 SUSHI SUSHI $0.252
$73.59M
$73.59 million
-6.69%
20 Lisk LSK $0.307
$73.08M
$73.08 million
-4.63%
21 Venus XVS $3.27
$56.02M
$56.02 million
-5.74%
22 aelf ELF $0.0633
$54.75M
$54.75 million
+0.07%
23 Mask Network MASK $0.459
$45.93M
$45.93 million
-5.42%
24 RaveDAO RAVE $0.178
$42.63M
$42.63 million
-13.18%
25 Lista DAO LISTA $0.0822
$38.69M
$38.69 million
-8.38%
26 Illuvium ILV $3.74
$34.26M
$34.26 million
-8.92%
27 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $0.00920
$29.68M
$29.68 million
-0.87%
28 MANTRA MANTRA $0.00446
$28.84M
$28.84 million
-6.49%
29 UMA UMA $0.405
$28.18M
$28.18 million
-6.16%
30 Velvet VELVET $0.0547
$25.39M
$25.39 million
-7.55%
31 Yield Guild Games YGG $0.0260
$23.27M
$23.27 million
-6.39%
32 MESSIER M87 $0.0000205
$20.52M
$20.52 million
-6.58%
33 ChainGPT CGPT $0.0212
$19.76M
$19.76 million
-6.73%
34 SuperRare RARE $0.0175
$14.33M
$14.33 million
-12.01%
35 Alien Worlds TLM $0.00151
$10.65M
$10.65 million
-8.52%
36 HOPR HOPR $0.0153
$10.12M
$10.12 million
+11.73%
37 Ambire Wallet WALLET $0.0133
$9.64M
$9.64 million
-0.04%
38 Balancer BAL $0.136
$9.63M
$9.63 million
-0.88%
39 TokenFi TOKEN $0.00222
$8.95M
$8.95 million
-4.02%
40 Gitcoin GTC $0.0847
$8.47M
$8.47 million
-7.16%
41 Cryptex CTX $0.754
$7.06M
$7.06 million
+1.19%
42 Hashflow HFT $0.00635
$5.87M
$5.87 million
-4.70%
43 Harvest Finance FARM $7.88
$5.42M
$5.42 million
-7.91%
44 DAO Maker DAO $0.0249
$4.91M
$4.91 million
-3.00%
45 Towns TOWNS $0.00203
$4.18M
$4.18 million
-10.08%
46 Ampleforth Governance Token FORTH $0.286
$3.54M
$3.54 million
-4.02%
47 Rarible RARI $0.128
$3.19M
$3.19 million
-0.15%
48 Numbers Protocol NUM $0.00250
$2.26M
$2.26 million
-16.65%
49 Checkmate CHECK $0.0120
$1.79M
$1.79 million
-0.13%
50 NodeOps NODE $0.00560
$1.68M
$1.68 million
+0.40%
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Trending DAO tokens

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Coins Live Price Market cap 24h
HOPR HOPR $0.0153
$10.11M
$10.11 million
+11.66%
SKY Governance Token SKY $0.0786
$1.84B
$1.84 billion
+3.68%
Midnight NIGHT $0.0279
$462.92M
$462.92 million
+1.73%
Curve DAO Token CRV $0.358
$561.33M
$561.33 million
+1.67%
Cryptex CTX $0.754
$7.05M
$7.05 million
+1.14%
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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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