Resetting the Global Monetary System on Gold and Bitcoin 🟡🟠

In this conversation, Joe Burnett sits down with Mark Valek of Incrementum to unpack why today’s debt-based monetary system remains structurally fragile and how it may ultimately be recapitalized. They explore gold and bitcoin as monetary anchors, central bank behavior, inflationary reset scenarios, and why gold has recently outperformed bitcoin despite their shared role as sound money assets.Timestamps:00:00 Introduction and the claim that the current monetary system is unsustainable02:00 From gold-backed money to debt-based money and the exponential debt problem05:20 Can the system break, or can fiat last longer than expected?08:20 How fiat systems may be recapitalized through gold and sound assets10:48 Do central bankers still understand gold and sound money?13:30 Long-term outlook: deficits, inflation, and social consequences20:14 How far gold and bitcoin could run in a recapitalization scenario24:34 Who is buying gold and why the gold market regime has changed29:00 Total gold market size and liquidity considerations32:26 Why bitcoin has lagged gold and how to interpret the divergence37:34 Closing thoughts and where to find Mark Valek’s work