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# Coins Live Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $7.05
$4.38B
$4.38 billion
+0.77%
2 Bittensor TAO $265.53
$3.00B
$3.00 billion
+12.46%
3 Aave AAVE $134.46
$2.08B
$2.08 billion
-0.51%
4 SKY Governance Token SKY $0.0684
$1.60B
$1.60 billion
-5.01%
5 ARBITRUM ARB $0.166
$1.11B
$1.11 billion
-14.74%
6 Curve DAO Token CRV $0.380
$590.29M
$590.29 million
+1.36%
7 Midnight NIGHT $0.0233
$387.32M
$387.32 million
-0.92%
8 Lido DAO Token LDO $0.411
$342.62M
$342.62 million
+1.65%
9 Decred DCR $16.03
$282.01M
$282.01 million
-4.15%
10 Ethereum Name Service ENS $6.07
$255.34M
$255.34 million
-1.02%
11 Compound COMP $21.09
$210.86M
$210.86 million
+0.22%
12 Dexe DEXE $1.94
$162.43M
$162.43 million
-1.25%
13 ApeCoin APE $0.143
$143.11M
$143.11 million
-0.27%
14 Synthetix Network SNX $0.236
$137.37M
$137.37 million
+4.62%
15 Fluid FLUID $1.27
$106.39M
$106.39 million
-0.43%
16 0x ZRX $0.104
$88.15M
$88.15 million
-1.93%
17 Bedrock BR $0.256
$77.19M
$77.19 million
+4.56%
18 SUSHI SUSHI $0.238
$69.50M
$69.50 million
-3.07%
19 Wormhole W $0.0104
$66.88M
$66.88 million
+1.89%
20 RaveDAO RAVE $0.262
$63.83M
$63.83 million
+2.96%
21 Venus XVS $3.25
$55.71M
$55.71 million
+0.10%
22 Mask Network MASK $0.476
$47.59M
$47.59 million
+2.48%
23 aelf ELF $0.0464
$40.13M
$40.13 million
-4.98%
24 Velvet VELVET $0.0762
$35.32M
$35.32 million
-5.33%
25 Lista DAO LISTA $0.0763
$33.67M
$33.67 million
-5.23%
26 Illuvium ILV $3.38
$31.02M
$31.02 million
+4.27%
27 MANTRA MANTRA $0.00449
$28.60M
$28.60 million
-1.17%
28 UMA UMA $0.395
$26.94M
$26.94 million
-1.21%
29 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $0.00798
$25.99M
$25.99 million
-2.99%
30 Lisk LSK $0.103
$23.64M
$23.64 million
-0.59%
31 Yield Guild Games YGG $0.0249
$23.48M
$23.48 million
+3.34%
32 ChainGPT CGPT $0.0220
$20.50M
$20.50 million
+2.44%
33 VVS Finance VVS $0.0₆959
$15.44M
$15.44 million
-1.76%
34 SuperRare RARE $0.0125
$10.29M
$10.29 million
-0.57%
35 Alien Worlds TLM $0.00145
$10.19M
$10.19 million
-0.28%
36 TokenFi TOKEN $0.00219
$8.68M
$8.68 million
-2.45%
37 Gitcoin GTC $0.0814
$8.14M
$8.14 million
-1.45%
38 Balancer BAL $0.110
$7.60M
$7.60 million
-2.17%
39 Alephium ALPH $0.0494
$6.75M
$6.75 million
+2.99%
40 Hashflow HFT $0.00636
$5.85M
$5.85 million
-0.32%
41 MESSIER M87 $0.0₅525
$5.25M
$5.25 million
-6.60%
42 DAO Maker DAO $0.0240
$4.80M
$4.80 million
+3.27%
43 Towns TOWNS $0.00208
$4.39M
$4.39 million
-3.13%
44 Cryptex CTX $0.409
$3.82M
$3.82 million
-4.41%
45 Ampleforth Governance Token FORTH $0.258
$3.20M
$3.20 million
+9.72%
46 Checkmate CHECK $0.0132
$2.22M
$2.22 million
+0.95%
47 Rarible RARI $0.0886
$2.22M
$2.22 million
-2.52%
48 NodeOps NODE $0.00602
$1.80M
$1.80 million
-0.35%
49 Block Block $0.00143
$811,676
$811,676
-4.12%

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50 AGON Agent AGON $21.15
$21.15B
$21.15 billion
-0.19%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Live Price Market cap 24h
Bittensor TAO $265.53
$3.00B
$3.00 billion
+12.53%
Ampleforth Governance Token FORTH $0.258
$3.20M
$3.20 million
+9.51%
Synthetix Network SNX $0.236
$137.35M
$137.35 million
+4.93%
Illuvium ILV $3.38
$31.00M
$31.00 million
+4.36%
Bedrock BR $0.256
$77.23M
$77.23 million
+4.27%
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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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