He doesn't grasp the value proposition of a dirt cheap, near instantaneous, zero trust ledger system for facilitating transactions. By missing that, he considers gold to be preferable because it has alternative uses. He's not malicious like globalist fiat worshippers, just failing to grasp why crypto is a big deal. Likely because he's looking at using crypto for coffee and donuts where existing trust-based systems work "good enough". Where crypto really shines is B2B or large B2C transactions where transferring +5 figure sums is incredibly slow and cumbersome.