In this pandemic period, many people have met Bitcoin and started using it. And it's really great for Bitcoin to be adopted even faster than ever. More people are making investments into it and using it while buying something also. And like you indicated, it's much safer compared to fiat.
In this you are right, especially the rate of remittances between countries increased, in Latin American countries the volume shown is higher, especially in localbitcoins.com, many are operating with btc because their fees are not as high as shown in western union, paypal, although the toughest competition is with zelle, some seek to change to other currencies to avoid fees.