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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.92
$ 2.49B
$ 2.49 billion
+2.08%
2 Aave AAVE $ 127.66
$ 1.97B
$ 1.97 billion
+2.57%
3 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.287
$ 421.74M
$ 421.74 million
+2.29%
4 Decred DCR $ 18.95
$ 327.04M
$ 327.04 million
-0.28%
5 Compound COMP $ 19.81
$ 197.47M
$ 197.47 million
+3.61%
6 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 48.00
$ 162.25M
$ 162.25 million
+0.09%
7 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.354
$ 121.91M
$ 121.91 million
+4.97%
8 0x ZRX $ 0.111
$ 94.42M
$ 94.42 million
+3.44%
9 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.241
$ 70.47M
$ 70.47 million
+2.65%
10 Venus XVS $ 3.64
$ 61.99M
$ 61.99 million
+4.96%
11 Mantra DAO OM $ 0.0508
$ 60.06M
$ 60.06 million
+1.30%
12 Mask Network MASK $ 0.535
$ 42.91M
$ 42.91 million
+2.54%
13 Illuvium ILV $ 4.44
$ 40.64M
$ 40.64 million
+3.53%
14 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00772
$ 39.10M
$ 39.10 million
+3.96%
15 BTR token BTR $ 0.138
$ 37.97M
$ 37.97 million
+1.16%
16 Velvet VELVET $ 0.113
$ 35.36M
$ 35.36 million
+2.49%
17 UMA UMA $ 0.570
$ 34.12M
$ 34.12 million
+2.52%
18 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.115
$ 33.31M
$ 33.31 million
-1.61%
19 Balancer BAL $ 0.245
$ 16.68M
$ 16.68 million
-40.51%
20 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0210
$ 14.59M
$ 14.59 million
-0.16%
21 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0263
$ 14.39M
$ 14.39 million
-3.91%
22 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00194
$ 12.57M
$ 12.57 million
+2.92%
23 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0232
$ 12.56M
$ 12.56 million
+0.89%
24 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00525
$ 11.06M
$ 11.06 million
+2.23%
25 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.00111
$ 10.68M
$ 10.68 million
+1.22%
26 Harvest Finance FARM $ 14.78
$ 10.16M
$ 10.16 million
+0.64%
27 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.458
$ 9.16M
$ 9.16 million
+2.12%
28 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0389
$ 7.78M
$ 7.78 million
-3.42%
29 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00815
$ 7.65M
$ 7.65 million
+2.93%
30 Block Block $ 0.00873
$ 6.31M
$ 6.31 million
+6.08%
31 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00679
$ 5.38M
$ 5.38 million
+13.19%
32 Yala Token YALA $ 0.0108
$ 2.47M
$ 2.47 million
+1.21%
33 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0137
$ 2.11M
$ 2.11 million
-0.88%
34 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0466
$ 644,520
$ 644,520
+0.67%
35 Synesis One SNS $ 0.000444
$ 443,900
$ 443,900
-0.89%

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36 Maker MKR $ 1,650.94
$ 160.13M
$ 160.13 million
+15.82%
37 GALEON GALEON $ 0.0110
$ 9.03M
$ 9.03 million
-2.26%
38 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.292
$ 5.90M
$ 5.90 million
-0.42%
39 decentral.games DG $ 0.00599
$ 5.56M
$ 5.56 million
+0.00%
40 REI Network REI $ 0.00282
$ 2.77M
$ 2.77 million
-4.41%
41 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆193
$ 1.93M
$ 1.93 million
+5.38%
42 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000271
$ 1.35M
$ 1.35 million
-3.61%
43 Prism PRISM $ 0.000623
$ 1.14M
$ 1.14 million
+0.20%
44 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00207
$ 427,345
$ 427,345
+0.81%
45 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00245
$ 271,388
$ 271,388
-2.20%
46 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.000852
$ 265,617
$ 265,617
-5.72%
47 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.00113
$ 199,811
$ 199,811
+1.26%
48 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.00183
$ 105,868
$ 105,868
+88.68%
49 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0845
$ 87,026
$ 87,026
-0.76%
50 Moon Rabbit AAA $ 0.0₇749
$ 23,369
$ 23,369
-1.83%
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Top gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00679
$ 5.38M
$ 5.38 million
+13.19%
Block Block $ 0.00873
$ 6.31M
$ 6.31 million
+6.08%
Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.354
$ 121.91M
$ 121.91 million
+4.97%
Venus XVS $ 3.64
$ 61.99M
$ 61.99 million
+4.96%
ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00772
$ 39.10M
$ 39.10 million
+3.96%
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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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