In Florida, they're called "cow hunters" and during the civil war times when the rest of the south was trading in hyperinflationary confederate fiat, the Florida Cattlemen, like Jacob Summerlin Jr. were trading for gold with Cuba.
Today, we have Bitcoin.
It's the modern-day cattle drive.
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