According to Decrypt, Donald Trump attributed his changing stance on cryptocurrency to the strong interest in his own brand's NFT project during a World Liberty Financial press conference. Trump stated that he noticed that the majority of his NFT trading cards minted on Polygon were purchased using cryptocurrency, and his supporters were enthusiastic about his foray into this space.

Trump noted that he was surprised by the number of people willing to spend cryptocurrency on his NFT collection. “I was kind of shocked, and it was a while back — it opened my eyes, but I think my kids opened my eyes more than anything.”