DAO tokens

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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.53
$ 2.24B
$ 2.24 billion
+3.04%
2 Aave AAVE $ 89.47
$ 1.38B
$ 1.38 billion
+1.04%
3 ARBITRUM ARB $ 0.117
$ 719.14M
$ 719.14 million
+0.99%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.236
$ 348.53M
$ 348.53 million
+2.64%
5 Decred DCR $ 16.65
$ 290.07M
$ 290.07 million
+2.17%
6 Compound COMP $ 21.68
$ 216.42M
$ 216.42 million
+2.49%
7 Fluid FLUID $ 1.61
$ 125.82M
$ 125.82 million
+3.42%
8 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.309
$ 106.46M
$ 106.46 million
+1.48%
9 0x ZRX $ 0.106
$ 90.13M
$ 90.13 million
+0.71%
10 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.210
$ 60.70M
$ 60.70 million
+2.02%
11 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.00925
$ 46.61M
$ 46.61 million
+0.13%
12 Venus XVS $ 2.72
$ 46.41M
$ 46.41 million
+3.26%
13 Mask Network MASK $ 0.452
$ 45.17M
$ 45.17 million
+1.19%
14 Velvet VELVET $ 0.114
$ 42.23M
$ 42.23 million
-3.14%
15 Illuvium ILV $ 4.46
$ 40.81M
$ 40.81 million
+0.23%
16 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0786
$ 28.70M
$ 28.70 million
+2.03%
17 UMA UMA $ 0.452
$ 28.46M
$ 28.46 million
+0.12%
18 Yield Guild Games YGG $ 0.0367
$ 26.99M
$ 26.99 million
+1.74%
19 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00688
$ 26.58M
$ 26.58 million
+0.76%
20 SuperRare RARE $ 0.0160
$ 13.11M
$ 13.11 million
+1.20%
21 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00178
$ 12.03M
$ 12.03 million
+0.50%
22 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0208
$ 11.31M
$ 11.31 million
-2.90%
23 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0138
$ 11.20M
$ 11.20 million
+1.44%
24 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0190
$ 10.32M
$ 10.32 million
-7.02%
25 Balancer BAL $ 0.144
$ 9.80M
$ 9.80 million
-1.92%
26 Gitcoin GTC $ 0.0956
$ 9.56M
$ 9.56 million
-3.93%
27 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0445
$ 9.38M
$ 9.38 million
-2.11%
28 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.434
$ 8.47M
$ 8.47 million
-1.02%
29 Checkmate CHECK $ 0.0445
$ 7.61M
$ 7.61 million
+0.01%
30 Bitlayer BTR $ 0.0269
$ 7.28M
$ 7.28 million
+0.30%
31 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00344
$ 7.25M
$ 7.25 million
+10.83%
32 Harvest Finance FARM $ 7.46
$ 5.12M
$ 5.12 million
-7.83%
33 Block Block $ 0.00473
$ 3.75M
$ 3.75 million
-8.07%
34 Cryptex CTX $ 0.374
$ 3.50M
$ 3.50 million
-0.54%
35 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0114
$ 2.06M
$ 2.06 million
+5.91%
36 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00394
$ 1.43M
$ 1.43 million
-1.22%
37 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.0000772
$ 717,017
$ 717,017
-1.14%
38 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0203
$ 405,111
$ 405,111
-12.68%
39 Choise.com CHO $ 0.000930
$ 217,296
$ 217,296
-7.74%

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40 Maker MKR $ 1,641.76
$ 149.11M
$ 149.11 million
+1.35%
41 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 31.24
$ 105.59M
$ 105.59 million
-9.23%
42 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.425
$ 8.70M
$ 8.70 million
-1.34%
43 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00609
$ 5.79M
$ 5.79 million
-1.51%
44 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00682
$ 5.63M
$ 5.63 million
+2.09%
45 Inverse Finance INV $ 14.39
$ 3.28M
$ 3.28 million
+0.98%
46 REI Network REI $ 0.00292
$ 2.88M
$ 2.88 million
+3.01%
47 HYVE HYVE $ 0.00790
$ 852,968
$ 852,968
+61.34%
48 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000151
$ 753,678
$ 753,678
-3.33%
49 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00201
$ 625,335
$ 625,335
-0.45%
50 Yala Token YALA $ 0.00132
$ 383,150
$ 383,150
+6.50%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Towns TOWNS $ 0.00344
$ 7.25M
$ 7.25 million
+10.83%
NodeOps NODE $ 0.0114
$ 2.06M
$ 2.06 million
+5.91%
Fluid FLUID $ 1.61
$ 125.82M
$ 125.82 million
+3.42%
Venus XVS $ 2.72
$ 46.41M
$ 46.41 million
+3.26%
Uniswap UNI $ 3.53
$ 2.24B
$ 2.24 billion
+3.04%
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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