After seeing your username I was going to say you are the crypticguy so you should know the answers to all these questions you asked! Opps I already said it haha.
Well, Talking about blockchain technology specifically, it was admired from the very start, like governments that have banned cryptocurrencies, they do support Blockchain technology, for example in my country crypto is banned but still one of the banks in our country implemented Blockchain technology. This Means Governments support blockchain but not crypto.
Talking about other applications of crypto like Defi or AI, etc. etc. I am seeing a trend of AI and gamified platforms, but let's just not talk about them more, as this section is for BTC discussions. So my the big improvement in the BTC network I am waiting for is the full stop on the inscription of Ordinals. Yeah, in the Knot v27 update, they (developers) might be successful in stopping the inscription of BRC-20 tokens. But finger are crossed as nothing is for sure.
It seems like a difficult situation that cryptocurrency is banned but blockchain is welcome. Does that mean you don't have local exchanges that are regulated by your government so that you can exchange the crypto profit you get from the crypto business?
Or either way, don't say you're using a VPN, right? Then the Gamefi, I also see that as a trend, in fact, in the upcoming bull run, and I also have some holdings of that, in fact, somehow.