DAO tokens

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

# Coins Price Market cap 24h

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51 Metaverser MTVT $ 0.000300
$ 65,422
$ 65,422
-0.33%
52 TAP FANTASY TAP $ 0.0000500
$ 46,193
$ 46,193
+0.00%
53 Live Stars LIVE $ 0.000142
$ 29,290
$ 29,290
+6.83%
54 Moon Rabbit AAA $ 0.0₇756
$ 23,587
$ 23,587
-4.30%
55 Coresky CSKY $ 0.0000263
$ 17,330
$ 17,330
+7.18%
56 XcelDefi XLD $ 0.000260
$ 15,069
$ 15,069
-83.51%
57 MetaSoilVerseProtocol MSVP $ 0.00999
$ 2.00B
$ 2.00 billion
+21.25%
58 Aave Arbitrum WETH AARVWETH $ 6,302.42
$ 1.36B
$ 1.36 billion
-3.30%
59 Cat CAT $ 0.0₅273
$ 1.33B
$ 1.33 billion
-1.41%
60 Nexdol ND7 $ 0.102
$ 1.02B
$ 1.02 billion
+0.00%
61 Helpr HPR $ 0.540
$ 540.40M
$ 540.40 million
-28.26%
62 WebKey DAO WKEYDAO $ 6.48
$ 512.71M
$ 512.71 million
+0.60%
63 Whalebit CES $ 0.705
$ 297.98M
$ 297.98 million
+2.80%
64 ARK ARK $ 12.67
$ 248.38M
$ 248.38 million
+0.15%
65 Venture Capital DAO VCDAO $ 0.000238
$ 130.90M
$ 130.90 million
+2.59%
66 Bitgold BTG $ 6.35
$ 126.99M
$ 126.99 million
+1.85%
67 Massive Protocol MAV $ 0.0263
$ 78.78M
$ 78.78 million
+2.33%
68 cVault CORE $ 6,812.60
$ 68.13M
$ 68.13 million
-0.20%
69 AI META COIN AMC $ 0.0475
$ 47.45M
$ 47.45 million
-0.31%
70 Cypher CYPR $ 0.0254
$ 25.38M
$ 25.38 million
-5.13%
71 Splintershards SPS $ 0.00829
$ 24.88M
$ 24.88 million
+0.66%
72 copXToken COPX $ 0.0248
$ 24.75M
$ 24.75 million
+3.65%
73 Fund Token DAO FTDAO $ 0.0194
$ 19.42M
$ 19.42 million
+0.00%
74 Meeds Token MEED $ 0.651
$ 15.20M
$ 15.20 million
-0.27%
75 Aquarius AQUA $ 0.000469
$ 12.97M
$ 12.97 million
-0.47%
76 Checkmate CHECK $ 0.0818
$ 12.95M
$ 12.95 million
-5.55%
77 Web 3 Dollar USD3 $ 1.09
$ 12.37M
$ 12.37 million
+0.68%
78 Orizon ORI $ 55.70
$ 11.88M
$ 11.88 million
+1.14%
79 Peace DAO PEACE $ 0.551
$ 11.40M
$ 11.40 million
-2.10%
80 ASPPIBRA ASPPBR $ 0.451
$ 9.46M
$ 9.46 million
+0.53%
81 AxonDAO Governance Token AXGT $ 0.00803
$ 8.03M
$ 8.03 million
-11.71%
82 ValleyDAO Token GROW $ 0.215
$ 6.47M
$ 6.47 million
+0.09%
83 Zyfi ZFI $ 0.0127
$ 6.33M
$ 6.33 million
-6.36%
84 Bucket Protocol BUT $ 0.00510
$ 5.10M
$ 5.10 million
-6.28%
85 QuStream QST $ 0.00506
$ 5.06M
$ 5.06 million
-5.75%
86 DogeKing DOGEKING $ 0.0₈495
$ 4.95M
$ 4.95 million
-1.00%
87 Stake DAO PENDLE sdPENDLE $ 1.81
$ 4.92M
$ 4.92 million
+0.11%
88 Reform $RFRM $ 0.00811
$ 4.55M
$ 4.55 million
-2.21%
89 AthenaDAO Token ATH $ 0.145
$ 4.36M
$ 4.36 million
+1.34%
90 Derive DRV $ 0.0537
$ 3.85M
$ 3.85 million
+0.99%
91 AladdinDAO ALD $ 0.0255
$ 3.82M
$ 3.82 million
+1.88%
92 BLACKHOLE BLACK $ 0.0345
$ 3.25M
$ 3.25 million
-1.29%
93 Qawalla Token QWLA $ 0.117
$ 2.58M
$ 2.58 million
+0.76%
94 Squid Game SQUID $ 0.00291
$ 2.33M
$ 2.33 million
+3.54%
95 KAIKO KAI $ 0.00223
$ 2.23M
$ 2.23 million
+17.20%
96 PEAQ PEAQ $ 0.0358
$ 1.75M
$ 1.75 million
-10.76%
97 Super Champs CHAMP $ 0.00128
$ 1.28M
$ 1.28 million
-4.49%
98 HydraDAO HYDRA $ 0.0581
$ 1.08M
$ 1.08 million
+1.58%
99 MarsDAO MDAO $ 0.0107
$ 1.07M
$ 1.07 million
-0.16%
100 CARV CARV $ 0.0949
$ 945,160
$ 945,160
+3.61%

Trending DAO tokens

Top gainers

Coins Price Market cap 24h
OpenxAI OPENX $ 0.0594
$ 800,479
$ 800,479
+5.80%
Towns TOWNS $ 0.00639
$ 13.48M
$ 13.48 million
+4.56%
0x ZRX $ 0.130
$ 110.71M
$ 110.71 million
+2.52%
DAO Maker DAO $ 0.0441
$ 8.93M
$ 8.93 million
+2.18%
VitaDAO VITA $ 0.456
$ 9.22M
$ 9.22 million
+2.06%
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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