Coinranking
DAO tokens
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| | 301 |  Ciphex CPX | $ | --%  | |
| | 302 |  Ripe DAO Governance Token RIPE | $ | --%  | |
| | 303 |  Neural Net Dao NND | $ | --%  | |
| | 304 |  Yay Kelp DAO’s Airdrop Gain ETH yayAgETH | $ | --%  | |
| | 305 |  Rezerve.money RZR | $ | --%  | |
| | 306 |  CaoCao CaoCao | $ | --%  | |
| | 307 |  CoW Protocol Token COW | $ | --%  | |
| | 308 |  Neo Pepe Protocol NEOP | $ | --%  | |
| | 309 |  Nexchain AI NEX | $ | --%  | |
| | 310 |  ZARU ZARU | $ | --%  | |
| | 311 |  Blueprint BP | $ | --%  | |
| | 312 |  ASPPIBRA ASPPBR | $ | --%  | |
| | 313 |  Burnr BURNR | $ | --%  | |
| | 314 |  FistToken FIST | $ | --%  | |
| | 315 |  Atlantis Loans ATL | $ | --%  | |
| | 316 |  Phoenix Gold Coin PGC | $ | --%  | |
| | 317 |  GIV GIV | $ | --%  | |
| | 318 |  FOREVER FOREVER | $ | --%  | |
| | 319 |  BCNT BCNT | $ | --%  | |
| | 320 |  VCT VCT | $ | --%  | |
| | 321 |  GNET GNET | $ | --%  | |
| | 322 |  ACY ACY | $ | --%  | |
| | 323 |  AsgardToken ASGARD | $ | --%  | |
| | 324 |  Bearpaw PAW | $ | --%  | |
| | 325 |  Links LINKS | $ | --%  | |
| | 326 |  RAIL Polygon RAILPOLY | $ | --%  | |
| | 327 |  Chia Warped DBX wDBX | $ | --%  | |
| | 328 |  Base Index Bindex | $ | --%  | |
| | 329 |  Rail BSC RAILBSC | $ | --%  | |
| | 330 |  Trump CEO TRUMPCEO | $ | --%  | |
| | 331 |  Liquidchain Token XLC | $ | --%  | |
| | 332 |  Vu VU | $ | --%  | |
| | 333 |  USDp USDp | $ | --%  | |
| | 334 |  Aster_DEX ASTER | $ | --%  | |
| | 335 |  YieldBasis YB | $ | --%  | |
| | 336 |  Usual EUR EUR0 | $ | --%  | |
| | 337 |  RaDAO RA | $ | --%  | |
| | 338 |  Meteora MET | $ | --%  | |
| | 339 |  Return Capital Token RCT | $ | -0.72%  | |
| | 340 |  Zaddy Coin ZADDY | $ | --%  | |
| | 341 |  The First Meme FIRST | $ | --%  | |
| | 342 |  Bros and Gains BAGX | $ | --%  | |
| | 343 |  APD APD | $ | --%  | |
| | 344 |  PEAQ PEAQ | $ | --%  | |
| | 345 |  Graviton GRAV | $ | --%  | |
Trending DAO tokens
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Top gainers
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| |  Numbers Protocol NUM | $ | +8.91%  | ||
| |  BTR token BTR | $ | +3.93%  | ||
| |  Curve DAO Token CRV | $ | +2.72%  | ||
| |  Aave AAVE | $ | +2.65%  | ||
| |  Uniswap UNI | $ | +1.81%  | ||
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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 |
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| 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
- Acquire DAO token on DEX/CEX or earn via liquidity mining.
- Delegate to yourself or a trusted voter (gas-less on Snapshot).
- Create proposal (off-chain temp-check, then on-chain executable).
- Vote — quorum (e.g., 4 % of supply) and approval % thresholds must be met.
- Timelock executes code automatically after delay (12 h – 7 days).
- 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.