While blockchain remains unfamiliar to many who aren’t well-versed in cryptocurrency and digital transactions, Lyons suggested it could become as ubiquitous as GPS technology.

"I have a theory that I'm basically calling 'hiding the wires,'" he said. "The next generation of blockchain or even AI technologies — you're not even going to really notice or know that you're using them."

"You talk about financial freedom," Lyons added, "but we still are in all these systems that are creating centralized ownership, and I think that the only true path forward is decentralization and blockchain.”