A case can be made this time since the introduction of wrapped btc which allows holders to lend and earn something from their bitcoin holdings [DeFi]. I just don't know if the amount is significant enough to contribute to the current btc run. Maybe someone can pull up the numbers.
Wrap BTC is not bitcoin and anything happens with it can affect bitcoin reputation. I don't like it (try to connect DeFi to bitcoin to show bitcoin is decentralized) and try to connect Ethereum to DeFi by the article to predict bitcoin can rise higher).
The point is there may be some people buying bitcoin so they can have it wrapped and get rewards which could have contributed to the pump. It's possible that thousands of btc's were bought from or taken off exchanges and temporarily locked on these "interest" bearing platforms. You get what I mean?