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1 Uniswap UNI $8.81
$5.47B
$5.47 billion
+1.02%
2 Bittensor TAO $294.23
$3.39B
$3.39 billion
+11.41%
3 Aave AAVE $144.70
$2.24B
$2.24 billion
+5.86%
4 SKY Governance Token SKY $0.0724
$1.69B
$1.69 billion
+2.56%
5 ARBITRUM ARB $0.229
$1.55B
$1.55 billion
+8.88%
6 Curve DAO Token CRV $0.357
$557.07M
$557.07 million
+2.92%
7 Midnight NIGHT $0.0243
$402.44M
$402.44 million
+2.14%
8 Lido DAO Token LDO $0.433
$360.96M
$360.96 million
+3.34%
9 Bedrock BR $1.16
$350.14M
$350.14 million
+5.88%
10 Decred DCR $17.71
$311.49M
$311.49 million
+2.31%
11 Ethereum Name Service ENS $6.74
$284.24M
$284.24 million
+6.07%
12 Compound COMP $22.24
$222.05M
$222.05 million
+2.31%
13 Dexe DEXE $1.92
$160.37M
$160.37 million
+4.11%
14 ApeCoin APE $0.144
$143.89M
$143.89 million
+4.92%
15 Synthetix Network SNX $0.234
$136.20M
$136.20 million
+4.15%
16 Fluid FLUID $1.39
$116.56M
$116.56 million
+7.74%
17 Lisk LSK $0.368
$104.09M
$104.09 million
-3.52%
18 0x ZRX $0.118
$99.97M
$99.97 million
+2.60%
19 Wormhole W $0.0117
$76.39M
$76.39 million
+3.30%
20 SUSHI SUSHI $0.255
$74.51M
$74.51 million
+1.63%
21 Venus XVS $3.29
$56.24M
$56.24 million
+4.33%
22 aelf ELF $0.0612
$52.86M
$52.86 million
-1.24%
23 RaveDAO RAVE $0.206
$49.20M
$49.20 million
+3.11%
24 Mask Network MASK $0.480
$47.98M
$47.98 million
+3.07%
25 Lista DAO LISTA $0.0825
$38.83M
$38.83 million
+2.08%
26 Venom VENOM $0.0164
$37.61M
$37.61 million
-15.94%
27 Illuvium ILV $3.66
$33.56M
$33.56 million
+5.31%
28 ConstitutionDAO PEOPLE $0.00910
$29.32M
$29.32 million
+2.53%
29 MANTRA MANTRA $0.00443
$28.67M
$28.67 million
+2.42%
30 UMA UMA $0.398
$27.21M
$27.21 million
+2.87%
31 Velvet VELVET $0.0582
$26.97M
$26.97 million
-0.38%
32 MESSIER M87 $0.0000261
$26.11M
$26.11 million
+7.32%
33 Yield Guild Games YGG $0.0257
$23.66M
$23.66 million
+2.77%
34 ChainGPT CGPT $0.0211
$19.70M
$19.70 million
+6.58%
35 VVS Finance VVS $0.0₅104
$16.83M
$16.83 million
+8.10%
36 SuperRare RARE $0.0130
$10.69M
$10.69 million
+3.50%
37 Alien Worlds TLM $0.00148
$10.38M
$10.38 million
+2.53%
38 TokenFi TOKEN $0.00229
$9.16M
$9.16 million
+12.61%
39 Gitcoin GTC $0.0868
$8.68M
$8.68 million
+3.57%
40 Balancer BAL $0.122
$8.59M
$8.59 million
+6.20%
41 Alephium ALPH $0.0584
$7.97M
$7.97 million
-0.00%
42 Hashflow HFT $0.00597
$5.53M
$5.53 million
+1.82%
43 Shapeshift FOX Token FOX $0.00555
$5.28M
$5.28 million
+7.36%
44 DAO Maker DAO $0.0244
$4.81M
$4.81 million
+6.18%
45 Cryptex CTX $0.479
$4.49M
$4.49 million
+10.73%
46 Towns TOWNS $0.00204
$4.20M
$4.20 million
+4.55%
47 Ampleforth Governance Token FORTH $0.285
$3.53M
$3.53 million
-3.70%
48 Rarible RARI $0.115
$2.86M
$2.86 million
-17.18%
49 NodeOps NODE $0.00607
$1.82M
$1.82 million
-3.67%
50 Checkmate CHECK $0.0112
$1.69M
$1.69 million
+1.29%
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Trending DAO tokens

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Coins Live Price Market cap 24h
TokenFi TOKEN $0.00229
$9.16M
$9.16 million
+12.61%
Bittensor TAO $294.23
$3.39B
$3.39 billion
+11.41%
Cryptex CTX $0.479
$4.49M
$4.49 million
+10.73%
ARBITRUM ARB $0.229
$1.55B
$1.55 billion
+8.88%
VVS Finance VVS $0.0₅104
$16.83M
$16.83 million
+8.10%
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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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