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= Solution

A continuous finite-variation path has zero <quadratic variation>. Hence a continuous finite-variation martingale $M$ satisfies $\langle M\rangle=0$. After localizing to make it square-integrable,
$$
\mathbb E[(M_t-M_0)^2]=\mathbb E[\langle M\rangle_t]=0.
$$
Letting the localization level tend to infinity shows that \b[$M_t=M_0$ for every $t$ almost surely]; continuity makes the equality simultaneous in $t$.

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