Step 1, foster an environment of crypto development and a large talent pool of programmers/developers.
Step 2, anchor them in the society by pulling them in closer to local power brokers and government officials.
Step 3, change the rules of the game, forcing them to join state backed projects or flee, leaving everything they'd worked for behind.

This has been done with tons of industries. Manufacturing, engineering, farming, etc. History repeats itself.

I wonder how difficult it is to get a copy of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged in Russia (in Russian).