Pandemic effects reveal the efficiency of a cashless society, but not a crypto usaged based one. Most of them use digital fiat, and hell, even with that, those without access to those still use physical fiat to transact. Talk about the usage of Bitcoin when people actually coin it as a currency instead of an investment.

Interest doesn't mean usage. Besides, the article you linked doesn't even have an inkling of connection to the mainstream interest said in the title. Just scanned it for a bit and it basically talked about the recent swings in price of BTC, which again, does not mean an increased usage nor is it a spark of interest on Bitcoin for the usage adoption.