Welcome to Decentralized Voices - the human-focused podcast where Daria Volkova interviews top AI and web3 founders to chat about what happens when you ship frontier tech products.
Decentralized Voices is more than a podcast. It’s a space to amplify resilience, to share the deep, funny, and inspiring stories behind the titles, and to remind everyone that Web3 is ultimately about people — not just code or hype.
It is heard in 40 countries and 116 cities worldwide.
Among the guests are founders and core contributors from Ethereum Foundation, Base, Matter Labs, OKX, Centrifuge, Chronicle, Optimum, and many other talented people who not only inspire but also teach others, making this industry more meaningful.
This podcast is your backstage pass to the best people and their stories. Listen to the voices of the new Internet!
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Beyond the AI Hype: Why Smart Money Is Flowing Into RWA, Privacy, Arabic LLMs
AI startups got $242 billion of investment capital in Q1 2026. Is this a bubble about to burst? Daria talks with Anna Magiera, Managing Director at ICLUB and an expert in private equity, venture capital, and angel syndicates.
Anna goes beyond the AI headline and breaks down the investment categories most people are sleeping on: real-world asset tokenization, privacy infrastructure, vertical AI tools, and an Arabic-language LLM.
The conversation also unpacks how angel syndicates are replacing traditional VCs for everyday investors, why a diversified portfolio of 20 startups matters more than chasing one unicorn, and what the CEE ecosystem gets right versus what it still gets wrong.
📈 The episode was created in collaboration with DecentWealth, a net worth dashboard and portfolio overview for investors who want to keep their data private, on iOS devices: https://www.decentwealth.app (https://www.decentwealth.app)
🔗 Useful links:
🔸 Anna Magiera on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/asmyrnova (https://www.linkedin.com/in/asmyrnova)
🔸 Daria Strategy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dariastrategy (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dariastrategy)
🔸 Explore angel investing with ICLUB, a 20% discount on your first management fee: https://iclub.vc/join.html?code=x9y6E (https://iclub.vc/join.html?code=x9y6E)
🔸 Decentralized Voices: https://decentralizedvoices.xyz (https://decentralizedvoices.xyz)
15 Apr 2026
Why Tech Founders Burn Out: AI, Online Anxiety and Biohacking
Are you feeling the pressure of the "never-ending" tech cycle? In this episode, we dive deep into why tech founders burn out and how the rapid pace of AI evolution is creating a new wave of AI anxiety and chronic stress.
Daria is joined by Stephanie Lal, a Nervous System Architect, to explore the science of burnout, the limits of the human body in a high-speed digital world, and practical biohacking strategies to regain control. If you’ve ever felt like tech has no speed limit, but your body does, this conversation is for you.
Highlights:
🔸 Why founders and high-performers are hitting a wall in the AI era
🔸 How the fear of falling behind in tech impacts your nervous system
🔸 Biohacking for longevity: actionable tools to regulate your stress response and optimize performance
🔸 Digital Detox vs. Sabbatical: which one works to fix "AI anxiety"?
🔸 Understanding the "body's speed limit" to prevent long-term health issues
🔗 Links:
- Stephanie Lal on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanielal (https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanielal)
- Daria on X: https://x.com/DariaStrategy (https://x.com/DariaStrategy)
- Decentralized Voices: https://decentralizedvoices.xyz (https://decentralizedvoices.xyz)
19 Mar 2026
Is Privacy a Human Right or a Cypherpunk Dream? Part 1
Most people assume their online activity is private. It isn't, and in Web3, the illusion runs even deeper.
In this episode, Daria sits down with Mykola Siusko, co-founder of Web3Privacy Now, a global non-commercial movement building the infrastructure for a truly private internet. Born in the post-Soviet world, shaped by pirate culture and digital activism, Mykola spent years inside the surveillance capitalism machine before deciding to dismantle it instead.
They get into the real meaning of privacy: not as a technical feature, but as a form of freedom. Why cypherpunk is having a mainstream moment in 2026. How AI agents running on your laptop can silently read your encrypted messages. Why sharing your emotional state with ChatGPT is riskier than you think. And why Mykola believes anyone, designers, writers, community managers, can be a privacy activist.
This is the first part of one of the most honest conversations about digital freedom you'll hear this year.
Mykola on X: https://x.com/nicksvyaznoy (https://x.com/nicksvyaznoy)
Daria on X: https://x.com/DariaStrategy (https://x.com/DariaStrategy)
Decentralized Voices website: https://decentralizedvoices.xyz (https://decentralizedvoices.xyz)
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