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1 Uniswap UNI $7.22
$4.51B
$4.51 billion
-5.72%
2 Bittensor TAO $279.15
$3.24B
$3.24 billion
-4.02%
3 Aave AAVE $159.47
$2.47B
$2.47 billion
-6.30%
4 SKY Governance Token SKY $0.0769
$1.80B
$1.80 billion
-6.09%
5 ARBITRUM ARB $0.184
$1.24B
$1.24 billion
-7.38%
6 Midnight NIGHT $0.0456
$756.99M
$756.99 million
-6.58%
7 Curve DAO Token CRV $0.351
$552.13M
$552.13 million
-5.93%
8 Lido DAO Token LDO $0.412
$341.67M
$341.67 million
-6.38%
9 Decred DCR $16.58
$292.58M
$292.58 million
-0.17%
10 Ethereum Name Service ENS $6.06
$255.99M
$255.99 million
-3.79%
11 Compound COMP $23.57
$235.69M
$235.69 million
-4.81%
12 Fluid FLUID $2.21
$184.68M
$184.68 million
+0.42%
13 Dexe DEXE $1.84
$153.86M
$153.86 million
-0.96%
14 ApeCoin APE $0.149
$149.44M
$149.44 million
-4.21%
15 Synthetix Network SNX $0.246
$142.78M
$142.78 million
+0.95%
16 Bedrock BR $0.460
$138.74M
$138.74 million
-6.12%
17 Wormhole W $0.0195
$128.36M
$128.36 million
-7.70%
18 0x ZRX $0.119
$101.08M
$101.08 million
-6.87%
19 SUSHI SUSHI $0.232
$67.79M
$67.79 million
-3.60%
20 aelf ELF $0.0647
$55.89M
$55.89 million
+0.52%
21 Venus XVS $3.06
$52.43M
$52.43 million
-3.35%
22 Lisk LSK $0.216
$46.77M
$46.77 million
-5.21%
23 Mask Network MASK $0.466
$46.61M
$46.61 million
-6.76%
24 RaveDAO RAVE $0.170
$40.56M
$40.56 million
-4.97%
25 Lista DAO LISTA $0.0784
$36.97M
$36.97 million
-3.09%
26 Illuvium ILV $3.73
$34.23M
$34.23 million
-5.18%
27 Velvet VELVET $0.0705
$32.71M
$32.71 million
+3.03%
28 MANTRA MANTRA $0.00432
$28.40M
$28.40 million
-6.06%
29 UMA UMA $0.399
$27.86M
$27.86 million
-4.80%
30 Gitcoin GTC $0.271
$27.14M
$27.14 million
+52.70%
31 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $0.00789
$25.44M
$25.44 million
-2.72%
32 Yield Guild Games YGG $0.0264
$23.71M
$23.71 million
-5.37%
33 ChainGPT CGPT $0.0232
$21.68M
$21.68 million
-1.52%
34 MESSIER M87 $0.0000189
$18.92M
$18.92 million
-1.75%
35 ARK ARK $6.27
$14.30M
$14.30 million
-0.26%
36 SuperRare RARE $0.0154
$12.65M
$12.65 million
-3.73%
37 Alien Worlds TLM $0.00137
$9.64M
$9.64 million
-4.01%
38 Alephium ALPH $0.0682
$9.46M
$9.46 million
-0.82%
39 Balancer BAL $0.128
$9.07M
$9.07 million
-0.55%
40 TokenFi TOKEN $0.00210
$8.53M
$8.53 million
-2.30%
41 Hashflow HFT $0.00667
$6.25M
$6.25 million
-0.82%
42 Cryptex CTX $0.601
$5.70M
$5.70 million
+0.13%
43 Harvest Finance FARM $7.70
$5.29M
$5.29 million
-1.32%
44 DAO Maker DAO $0.0251
$4.90M
$4.90 million
-0.79%
45 Rarible RARI $0.157
$3.92M
$3.92 million
-2.78%
46 Towns TOWNS $0.00178
$3.81M
$3.81 million
-2.68%
47 Ampleforth Governance Token FORTH $0.260
$3.23M
$3.23 million
-0.71%
48 Numbers Protocol NUM $0.00319
$2.89M
$2.89 million
-1.69%
49 Checkmate CHECK $0.0108
$1.62M
$1.62 million
-8.52%
50 NodeOps NODE $0.00511
$1.53M
$1.53 million
-1.85%
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Gitcoin GTC $0.271
$27.14M
$27.14 million
+52.70%
Humanode HMND $0.00163
$440,145
$440,145
+6.72%
Velvet VELVET $0.0705
$32.71M
$32.71 million
+3.03%
Synthetix Network SNX $0.246
$142.78M
$142.78 million
+0.95%
aelf ELF $0.0647
$55.89M
$55.89 million
+0.52%
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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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