Yes, Gavin handled the tricky questions very well.
I kept trying to picture the scene had Andreas Antonopolous been answering. He is also an excellent voice for bitcoin but he would have done some serious shredding of some of these agenda-laden questions.
Most of the CFR members understand thourougly the mechanics of money and power. They might get someone like Antonopolous in to do tricks for their amusement, but generally the probably have more important things to do.
It is people more
like Gavin who pose a genuine threat to the power structures that the CFR folks have cultivated. Whether Gavin is actually one of these is less clear to me.