That is strong growth to be sure. Not sure how they distinguish individual wallets from users (not trivial), but the article which I skimmed did not specify that crypto usage surpassed USD usage.

Source, https://cointelegraph.com/news/global-crypto-users-surpasses-half-a-billion-2023-crypto-com-report

Coinsreporter

Believe it or not, the number of people using the US dollar is less than those using Bitcoin and any other form of crypto.

Source? Pretty skeptical about this claim. I have traveled to many countries outside of the U.S. where people use USD as the preferred currency over their own, and it is in regular circulation: Laos, Cambodia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, any Caribbean country, to name a few. To enter Cambodia e.g., you need $20 USD cash to get in. The general in full uniform promptly puts it in his pocket right at the immigration check point at the airport. And there is no country in the world, AFAIK, where money exchangers are not happy to exchange USD for local 

Side note: All fiat is toilet paper, it's just that USD is double ply.

bitcoin_beginners

Bitcoin Is On Its Way To De-dollarize The World

>Believe it or not, the number of people using the US dollar is less than those using Bitcoin and any other form of crypto. 

Source? Pretty skeptical about this claim. I have traveled to many countries outside of the U.S. where people use USD as the preferred currency over their own, and it is in regular circulation: Laos, Cambodia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, any Caribbean country, to name a few. To enter Cambodia e.g., you need $20 USD cash to get in. The general in full uniform promptly puts it in his pocket right at the immigration check point at the airport. And there is no country in the world, AFAIK, where money exchangers are not happy to exchange USD for local ~~toilet paper~~ fiat. 

Side note: All fiat is toilet paper, it's just that USD is double ply.