@chanceb Again this is where I have caution since the several governments are working with certain corporations, including the ones that you mention. We have to be watchful so as to not follow the seductive pipings. Here's part of my reasoning:
https://www.sovereign.ai/ Then when you look at the players, one goes, "Eew!"
https://www.sovereign.ai/advisory-board

I do not want to smash your hopes. One has to keep in mind that George Orwell (Eric Blair) was one of the bad guys and that 1984 was a braggadocio work. Governments use words of art or Newspeak to trick individuals into volunteering for the chains. 1984 contained and was in and of itself a prime example of the tooling of Hegelian Dialects. So, I ask the question: "Will AI lead to telescreens everywhere?"

Instead of a focus on anti-government and resistance, I see efforts yielding better fruit through utilizing technology ahead of the slower-moving governments and individuals becoming enclaves of sovereignty and then mutual cooperation with the same. This would take advantage of true free markets and non-existing borders, as you alluded to earlier.

Now can cryptocurrencies play a role in this? Of course, however, one should have a healthy daytrader attitude and strategy at hand.