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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.21
$ 2.05B
$ 2.05 billion
+2.39%
2 Aave AAVE $ 106.49
$ 1.65B
$ 1.65 billion
+6.98%
3 Decred DCR $ 21.24
$ 369.06M
$ 369.06 million
-1.24%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.224
$ 328.53M
$ 328.53 million
+3.67%
5 Compound COMP $ 22.50
$ 224.50M
$ 224.50 million
+6.18%
6 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 48.75
$ 161.20M
$ 161.20 million
-0.59%
7 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.295
$ 101.62M
$ 101.62 million
+2.23%
8 0x ZRX $ 0.107
$ 90.99M
$ 90.99 million
+0.81%
9 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.199
$ 57.47M
$ 57.47 million
+2.17%
10 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.0106
$ 51.49M
$ 51.49 million
+0.50%
11 Venus XVS $ 2.66
$ 45.31M
$ 45.31 million
-1.23%
12 Illuvium ILV $ 4.33
$ 39.67M
$ 39.67 million
+1.45%
13 Mask Network MASK $ 0.443
$ 37.50M
$ 37.50 million
+2.06%
14 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0799
$ 29.33M
$ 29.33 million
-17.05%
15 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00726
$ 28.26M
$ 28.26 million
+3.90%
16 UMA UMA $ 0.425
$ 27.32M
$ 27.32 million
+1.86%
17 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0800
$ 26.56M
$ 26.56 million
-3.73%
18 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0251
$ 13.62M
$ 13.62 million
-5.61%
19 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00167
$ 10.90M
$ 10.90 million
+0.47%
20 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0202
$ 10.83M
$ 10.83 million
+6.13%
21 Balancer BAL $ 0.156
$ 10.61M
$ 10.61 million
-0.13%
22 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0132
$ 10.39M
$ 10.39 million
-1.41%
23 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0500
$ 9.62M
$ 9.62 million
+4.42%
24 Harvest Finance FARM $ 11.63
$ 7.99M
$ 7.99 million
+0.12%
25 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.387
$ 7.77M
$ 7.77 million
-1.95%
26 Bitlayer BTR $ 0.0286
$ 7.73M
$ 7.73 million
+0.66%
27 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00330
$ 6.96M
$ 6.96 million
+1.74%
28 Checkmate CHECK $ 0.0325
$ 5.26M
$ 5.26 million
-11.49%
29 Block Block $ 0.00421
$ 3.16M
$ 3.16 million
-3.31%
30 REI Network REI $ 0.00301
$ 2.97M
$ 2.97 million
-0.34%
31 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0119
$ 1.97M
$ 1.97 million
-1.06%
32 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00454
$ 1.64M
$ 1.64 million
-13.82%
33 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.0000735
$ 665,828
$ 665,828
-2.29%
34 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00228
$ 495,550
$ 495,550
+7.08%

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35 Maker MKR $ 1,773.53
$ 162.06M
$ 162.06 million
+0.39%
36 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00670
$ 6.37M
$ 6.37 million
+1.40%
37 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00721
$ 5.95M
$ 5.95 million
-1.89%
38 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.281
$ 5.75M
$ 5.75 million
+20.07%
39 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆163
$ 1.63M
$ 1.63 million
-1.79%
40 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000241
$ 1.20M
$ 1.20 million
+2.42%
41 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00207
$ 645,785
$ 645,785
-0.97%
42 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0185
$ 368,501
$ 368,501
-7.63%
43 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00193
$ 214,034
$ 214,034
-2.27%
44 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.00183
$ 202,797
$ 202,797
+0.00%
45 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.000999
$ 177,153
$ 177,153
-0.22%
46 PsyDAO Token PSY $ 0.00325
$ 144,548
$ 144,548
+14.84%
47 Yala Token YALA $ 0.000497
$ 141,673
$ 141,673
+1.61%
48 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000520
$ 131,311
$ 131,311
-9.52%
49 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0834
$ 85,838
$ 85,838
-0.23%
50 Moon Rabbit AAA $ 0.0₇589
$ 18,377
$ 18,377
-4.85%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Choise.com CHO $ 0.00228
$ 495,550
$ 495,550
+7.08%
Aave AAVE $ 106.49
$ 1.65B
$ 1.65 billion
+6.98%
Compound COMP $ 22.50
$ 224.50M
$ 224.50 million
+6.18%
Marinade MNDE $ 0.0202
$ 10.83M
$ 10.83 million
+6.13%
DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0500
$ 9.62M
$ 9.62 million
+4.42%
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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