On July 30th, Bill Zanker, the founder of The Learning Annex and a self-proclaimed long-time friend of former US President Donald Trump, revealed in an interview that Trump has been interested in cryptocurrencies for the past two years. Zanker explained that he first proposed the idea of issuing an NFT to Trump two years ago, but Trump was hesitant at first. It was not until December 2022 that Zanker proposed the idea again that Trump agreed. That piqued Mr. Trump's curiosity about cryptocurrencies, prompting him to ask about how Ethereum works. Mr. Zanker noted that Mr. Trump had told a citizen that he thought cryptocurrency was great but didn't like the idea of it all going abroad. He added that the idea of accepting cryptocurrency donations had been brought up by Mr. Trump.