It has always been obvious, personally I find it weird that people needed direct confirmation for this. Crocodile's bounty was solely based on his logia powers, as his "intelligence" and "leadership" stem from him having this powerful logia to begin with.
Devil fruits remain the #1 power in the verse. Ironically after Kaido tells Luffy how haki is the most important, he got mollywomped by a df awakening, not to mention top meme lost to two hakiless rookies. A busted devil fruit and good haki will make up a better top tier any day of the week, as proven by Whitebeard, Akainu, Goofy and Blackbeard in the future.
Even the Gura, the strongest paramecia that can level the world, was stated to be equal to logias. There's no denying it at this point, admirals have logia powers for a reason

Devil fruits remain the #1 power in the verse. Ironically after Kaido tells Luffy how haki is the most important, he got mollywomped by a df awakening, not to mention top meme lost to two hakiless rookies. A busted devil fruit and good haki will make up a better top tier any day of the week, as proven by Whitebeard, Akainu, Goofy and Blackbeard in the future.
Even the Gura, the strongest paramecia that can level the world, was stated to be equal to logias. There's no denying it at this point, admirals have logia powers for a reason