The big shock to me, and even though I expected it to happen, was the announcement of the

IMF coming out a couple weeks ago calling for a Bretton Woods 2 moment.

Basically, they're calling for a one-world currency.

They're trying to get in front of each of these countries doing their own individual

digital currency so they can have their own digital currency.

Maybe that's backed by a basket of SDRs.

What this is doing is the Fed now wants

to launch their digital currency, which gets rid of all the local banks, the decentralization

of banks, the local decisions being made. But the IMF then bypasses all the central banks and all

the governments. The banker's taking over the world, basically.

Welcome back to The Breakdown with me, NLW.

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What's going on, guys? It is Sunday, December 27th, and today, on the breakdowns end of your

extravaganza, I am joined by Mark Moss. Mark is one of the fastest growing YouTubers,

especially when it comes to topics like Bitcoin, central banks, and alternative macroeconomic

narratives. This is a super fun conversation about how the world is changing, and I hope you enjoy it.

All right, Mark, welcome to The Breakdown. It's great to have you here.

Yeah, thanks so much. I'm excited to try this out.

So like I was telling you, this is just a fun, fast, rip through the end of the year, reflections on things.

And I'm really excited to have you here because by virtue of the channel that you run and the content that you create,

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