Gold and crypto are hardly comparable. Start by factoring in all the crime & scams being done via crypto and you've got a general public practically begging for government intervention for cryptocurrencies.
compared with all the crime and scams done with fiat currencies
Well, one is a new phenonenom and other is established.
10 years of debatable so-called-crimes with crypto VS at least 5000 years of wars, crimes and corruption with gold and government money...which side are we supposed to be on?
You have to remember 99% of the general public do not think in this manner. Same dilemma as alcohol vs weed/psychedelics.