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Mark projects a possible return to commodity-based money like gold or other tangible assets, yet acknowledges their slow transaction speeds and logistical frustrations. Innovations like Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) are seen as a strategy to maintain control, but those are fundamentally fiat systems prone to the same inflationary risks. Meanwhile, Bitcoin and decentralized cryptocurrencies are positioned as disruptive forces challenging the monetary order, offering trustless alternatives that rejection-averse nations and entities are beginning to adopt.