" Anyone who claims the bitcoin price is in any way organic, or follows real-world events, is simply talking nonsense."
THAT is nonsense.
bitcoin may not be following every world event but its price is very organic and it has always been affected by all major world events specifically those that greatly affect the economy. don't forget that bitcoin was created because of the biggest economical fuck up of our time (2008 recession).
is it benefiting from COVID? no because it has nothing to do with it.
on the other hand COVID affected the economy which in turn had some small effects on bitcoin market.