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# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.21
$ 2.04B
$ 2.04 billion
-0.28%
2 Aave AAVE $ 92.50
$ 1.43B
$ 1.43 billion
-0.36%
3 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.237
$ 348.60M
$ 348.60 million
+0.99%
4 Decred DCR $ 18.23
$ 317.20M
$ 317.20 million
-1.59%
5 Compound COMP $ 25.07
$ 250.54M
$ 250.54 million
+5.41%
6 Maker MKR $ 1,871.25
$ 170.78M
$ 170.78 million
+2.50%
7 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.312
$ 107.33M
$ 107.33 million
+0.51%
8 0x ZRX $ 0.110
$ 93.11M
$ 93.11 million
-0.83%
9 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.208
$ 60.09M
$ 60.09 million
+0.12%
10 MANTRA MANTRA $ 0.00970
$ 48.28M
$ 48.28 million
-4.63%
11 Mask Network MASK $ 0.525
$ 45.72M
$ 45.72 million
+4.61%
12 Illuvium ILV $ 4.82
$ 44.00M
$ 44.00 million
+4.50%
13 Venus XVS $ 2.55
$ 43.50M
$ 43.50 million
+0.81%
14 Velvet VELVET $ 0.108
$ 39.64M
$ 39.64 million
-7.71%
15 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0830
$ 29.97M
$ 29.97 million
-1.87%
16 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00751
$ 29.02M
$ 29.02 million
-0.61%
17 UMA UMA $ 0.453
$ 28.97M
$ 28.97 million
+0.00%
18 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00184
$ 12.05M
$ 12.05 million
-0.03%
19 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0145
$ 11.63M
$ 11.63 million
+1.46%
20 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0209
$ 11.37M
$ 11.37 million
+1.46%
21 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0194
$ 10.62M
$ 10.62 million
+1.84%
22 Balancer BAL $ 0.148
$ 10.05M
$ 10.05 million
-0.39%
23 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.448
$ 8.73M
$ 8.73 million
+2.26%
24 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0416
$ 8.18M
$ 8.18 million
+1.93%
25 Harvest Finance FARM $ 11.54
$ 7.93M
$ 7.93 million
+0.02%
26 Bitlayer BTR $ 0.0263
$ 7.12M
$ 7.12 million
-4.79%
27 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00327
$ 6.88M
$ 6.88 million
+1.10%
28 Block Block $ 0.00753
$ 5.76M
$ 5.76 million
-14.01%
29 Checkmate CHECK $ 0.0235
$ 3.57M
$ 3.57 million
+18.42%
30 REI Network REI $ 0.00284
$ 2.82M
$ 2.82 million
-1.59%
31 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0119
$ 2.16M
$ 2.16 million
+1.98%
32 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00421
$ 1.52M
$ 1.52 million
+3.43%
33 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000103
$ 927,564
$ 927,564
+47.95%

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34 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 33.78
$ 114.17M
$ 114.17 million
-13.34%
35 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.498
$ 10.19M
$ 10.19 million
-5.58%
36 GALEON GALEON $ 0.00712
$ 5.87M
$ 5.87 million
+7.64%
37 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00594
$ 5.65M
$ 5.65 million
-0.47%
38 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000176
$ 880,189
$ 880,189
-4.76%
39 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00237
$ 739,373
$ 739,373
-1.43%
40 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0296
$ 589,367
$ 589,367
+18.19%
41 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00136
$ 310,213
$ 310,213
+0.22%
42 HYVE HYVE $ 0.00265
$ 285,788
$ 285,788
+35.41%
43 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00228
$ 252,841
$ 252,841
+22.31%
44 PsyDAO Token PSY $ 0.00486
$ 216,156
$ 216,156
-10.81%
45 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.00183
$ 202,797
$ 202,797
+0.00%
46 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.000972
$ 172,401
$ 172,401
+0.00%
47 Synesis One SNS $ 0.0000537
$ 135,613
$ 135,613
-6.68%
48 Yala Token YALA $ 0.000306
$ 88,210
$ 88,210
-6.55%
49 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0827
$ 85,114
$ 85,114
+1.89%
50 Moon Rabbit AAA $ 0.0₆196
$ 61,090
$ 61,090
-0.76%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000103
$ 927,564
$ 927,564
+47.95%
Checkmate CHECK $ 0.0235
$ 3.57M
$ 3.57 million
+18.42%
Compound COMP $ 25.07
$ 250.54M
$ 250.54 million
+5.41%
Mask Network MASK $ 0.525
$ 45.72M
$ 45.72 million
+4.61%
Illuvium ILV $ 4.82
$ 44.00M
$ 44.00 million
+4.50%
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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