The powerful people amongst will most likely try to jeopardize whatever is brought before them.
They'll try swindle whatever they see.
I think the biggest hope is that blockchain technology have come to stay. The hope really is that there's no limit to how many chains can be created.
If the majority to which this freedom is given can simply move to another chain or token, when the powerful buy up Bitcoin for example, then there's no way cryptocurrency will ever toe the line of centralized asset. We just have to rule our destiny in the chain.
Ordinary people must resist the temptation of following some powerful beings.