DAO tokens

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# Coins Live Price Market cap 24h
1 Uniswap UNI $5.69
$3.54B
$3.54 billion
+11.47%
2 Bittensor TAO $226.72
$2.56B
$2.56 billion
+0.14%
3 Aave AAVE $127.19
$1.97B
$1.97 billion
+3.43%
4 SKY Governance Token SKY $0.0716
$1.67B
$1.67 billion
+4.46%
5 ARBITRUM ARB $0.111
$739.59M
$739.59 million
+29.41%
6 Curve DAO Token CRV $0.368
$571.75M
$571.75 million
+21.59%
7 Lido DAO Token LDO $0.368
$306.74M
$306.74 million
+6.16%
8 Midnight NIGHT $0.0180
$299.50M
$299.50 million
+2.53%
9 Ethereum Name Service ENS $6.03
$253.46M
$253.46 million
+4.37%
10 Decred DCR $14.28
$251.03M
$251.03 million
+2.17%
11 Compound COMP $19.29
$192.86M
$192.86 million
+2.41%
12 Dexe DEXE $2.00
$167.90M
$167.90 million
-3.34%
13 ApeCoin APE $0.139
$138.76M
$138.76 million
+2.60%
14 Synthetix Network SNX $0.220
$127.93M
$127.93 million
+6.53%
15 Fluid FLUID $1.33
$111.01M
$111.01 million
-1.08%
16 0x ZRX $0.0998
$84.68M
$84.68 million
+4.22%
17 RaveDAO RAVE $0.263
$63.98M
$63.98 million
-0.01%
18 Bedrock BR $0.208
$62.57M
$62.57 million
-2.42%
19 Wormhole W $0.00969
$61.89M
$61.89 million
+6.07%
20 SUSHI SUSHI $0.198
$58.04M
$58.04 million
+3.91%
21 Venus XVS $3.08
$52.54M
$52.54 million
-0.89%
22 aelf ELF $0.0563
$48.65M
$48.65 million
-3.77%
23 Mask Network MASK $0.435
$43.45M
$43.45 million
+4.26%
24 Velvet VELVET $0.0926
$42.93M
$42.93 million
-0.34%
25 Lista DAO LISTA $0.0695
$30.68M
$30.68 million
+1.21%
26 MANTRA MANTRA $0.00445
$28.33M
$28.33 million
+4.05%
27 Illuvium ILV $3.08
$28.18M
$28.18 million
+2.18%
28 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $0.00798
$25.97M
$25.97 million
+2.80%
29 UMA UMA $0.367
$25.09M
$25.09 million
+0.87%
30 Lisk LSK $0.0999
$22.91M
$22.91 million
-1.44%
31 Yield Guild Games YGG $0.0228
$21.47M
$21.47 million
+3.50%
32 ChainGPT CGPT $0.0193
$18.04M
$18.04 million
-0.19%
33 SuperRare RARE $0.0123
$10.07M
$10.07 million
-0.50%
34 Alien Worlds TLM $0.00139
$9.71M
$9.71 million
+0.71%
35 TokenFi TOKEN $0.00225
$8.90M
$8.90 million
+2.61%
36 Balancer BAL $0.119
$8.23M
$8.23 million
+0.46%
37 Gitcoin GTC $0.0805
$8.05M
$8.05 million
-0.12%
38 Badger DAO BADGER $0.372
$7.23M
$7.23 million
+0.07%
39 Hashflow HFT $0.00629
$5.78M
$5.78 million
+0.48%
40 Towns TOWNS $0.00248
$5.24M
$5.24 million
-2.46%
41 Alephium ALPH $0.0375
$5.12M
$5.12 million
-0.36%
42 DAO Maker DAO $0.0228
$4.53M
$4.53 million
-1.84%
43 Cryptex CTX $0.316
$2.95M
$2.95 million
-11.52%
44 Ampleforth Governance Token FORTH $0.199
$2.47M
$2.47 million
-3.05%
45 Checkmate CHECK $0.0136
$2.29M
$2.29 million
-4.74%
46 NodeOps NODE $0.00552
$1.65M
$1.65 million
+1.59%
47 Block Block $0.00170
$1.36M
$1.36 million
+3.26%

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48 ARCS ARX $0.123
$565.68M
$565.68 million
+3.19%
49 BNB48 Club Token KOGE $63.48
$214.58M
$214.58 million
-0.06%
50 Bitget Wallet Token BWB $0.158
$158.96M
$158.96 million
+5.03%
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Trending DAO tokens

Top Gainers
Coins Live Price Market cap 24h
ARBITRUM ARB $0.111
$739.59M
$739.59 million
+29.41%
Curve DAO Token CRV $0.368
$571.75M
$571.75 million
+21.59%
Uniswap UNI $5.69
$3.54B
$3.54 billion
+11.47%
Synthetix Network SNX $0.220
$127.93M
$127.93 million
+6.53%
Lido DAO Token LDO $0.368
$306.74M
$306.74 million
+6.16%
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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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