DAO tokens

342 coins #40

DAOs are organizations that use coded rules to make decisions without any middlemen. More

Download
# Coins Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $ 3.52
$ 2.23B
$ 2.23 billion
+4.09%
2 Aave AAVE $ 116.73
$ 1.80B
$ 1.80 billion
-6.15%
3 Decred DCR $ 23.72
$ 409.76M
$ 409.76 million
+3.10%
4 Curve DAO Token CRV $ 0.246
$ 361.37M
$ 361.37 million
+1.97%
5 Compound COMP $ 18.30
$ 182.45M
$ 182.45 million
+1.45%
6 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $ 48.01
$ 162.27M
$ 162.27 million
+0.19%
7 Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.388
$ 133.64M
$ 133.64 million
+12.17%
8 0x ZRX $ 0.111
$ 94.43M
$ 94.43 million
+3.69%
9 Mantra DAO OM $ 0.0667
$ 79.25M
$ 79.25 million
-4.06%
10 SUSHI SUSHI $ 0.208
$ 60.86M
$ 60.86 million
+3.03%
11 Venus XVS $ 3.03
$ 51.49M
$ 51.49 million
-2.44%
12 BTR token BTR $ 0.185
$ 51.01M
$ 51.01 million
+4.22%
13 Mask Network MASK $ 0.457
$ 36.97M
$ 36.97 million
+2.02%
14 Illuvium ILV $ 3.96
$ 36.24M
$ 36.24 million
+3.75%
15 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $ 0.00687
$ 34.82M
$ 34.82 million
+1.63%
16 Velvet VELVET $ 0.0805
$ 29.31M
$ 29.31 million
-0.77%
17 UMA UMA $ 0.469
$ 28.16M
$ 28.16 million
-1.17%
18 Lista DAO LISTA $ 0.0876
$ 24.97M
$ 24.97 million
-0.46%
19 Marinade MNDE $ 0.0248
$ 13.57M
$ 13.57 million
+3.31%
20 Hashflow HFT $ 0.0169
$ 12.00M
$ 12.00 million
+0.31%
21 Alien Worlds TLM $ 0.00172
$ 11.16M
$ 11.16 million
-5.75%
22 HOPR HOPR $ 0.0199
$ 10.81M
$ 10.81 million
-0.58%
23 Balancer BAL $ 0.149
$ 10.15M
$ 10.15 million
-1.78%
24 Arena-Z A2Z $ 0.000944
$ 9.09M
$ 9.09 million
+3.03%
25 Harvest Finance FARM $ 12.32
$ 8.47M
$ 8.47 million
+2.36%
26 Towns TOWNS $ 0.00373
$ 7.88M
$ 7.88 million
-1.12%
27 Badger DAO BADGER $ 0.370
$ 7.40M
$ 7.40 million
+1.85%
28 DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0310
$ 6.24M
$ 6.24 million
+0.91%
29 Block Block $ 0.00654
$ 4.69M
$ 4.69 million
-1.44%
30 Numbers Protocol NUM $ 0.00447
$ 3.53M
$ 3.53 million
-2.95%
31 REI Network REI $ 0.00270
$ 2.65M
$ 2.65 million
+3.39%
32 NodeOps NODE $ 0.0152
$ 2.51M
$ 2.51 million
-0.62%
33 OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0300
$ 463,577
$ 463,577
-3.07%
34 Choise.com CHO $ 0.00190
$ 392,932
$ 392,932
+0.02%
35 Synesis One SNS $ 0.000152
$ 383,866
$ 383,866
-9.00%
36 Yala Token YALA $ 0.00119
$ 269,609
$ 269,609
-51.09%

The coins below are ranked lower due to missing data. Learn more

37 Maker MKR $ 1,535.67
$ 147.41M
$ 147.41 million
-14.00%
38 GALEON GALEON $ 0.0102
$ 8.40M
$ 8.40 million
+2.93%
39 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $ 0.00693
$ 6.58M
$ 6.58 million
+1.07%
40 VitaDAO VITA $ 0.289
$ 5.91M
$ 5.91 million
+39.62%
41 decentral.games DG $ 0.00599
$ 5.56M
$ 5.56 million
+0.00%
42 Starlink STARL $ 0.0₆148
$ 1.48M
$ 1.48 million
-1.35%
43 Gamium GMM $ 0.0000218
$ 1.09M
$ 1.09 million
+2.06%
44 Prism PRISM $ 0.000566
$ 1.04M
$ 1.04 million
+2.46%
45 Blockasset BLOCK $ 0.00118
$ 369,094
$ 369,094
+0.82%
46 unilend.finance UFT $ 0.00190
$ 210,893
$ 210,893
+0.00%
47 Dark Frontiers DARK $ 0.00111
$ 197,506
$ 197,506
+1.18%
48 PsyDAO Token PSY $ 0.00385
$ 172,304
$ 172,304
-2.09%
49 LiquidyFinance LQDY $ 0.0784
$ 80,698
$ 80,698
-0.39%
50 Live Stars LIVE $ 0.000137
$ 22,479
$ 22,479
+65.16%
Download

Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Price Market cap 24h
Synthetix Network SNX $ 0.388
$ 133.64M
$ 133.64 million
+12.17%
BTR token BTR $ 0.185
$ 51.01M
$ 51.01 million
+4.22%
Uniswap UNI $ 3.52
$ 2.23B
$ 2.23 billion
+4.09%
Illuvium ILV $ 3.96
$ 36.24M
$ 36.24 million
+3.75%
0x ZRX $ 0.111
$ 94.43M
$ 94.43 million
+3.69%
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.

Useful / Related Links