Ugh...I agree. It's annoying that there are assets out there that are far superior to BTC in every way yet tend to price shadow Bitcoin.

As far as the Cubans... Not too exciting. There is a website called Puroexpress that would take bitcoin back when it was in it's infancy. They would also mule Cubans (cigars not people) over the border back before it was legal. The order would come from Texas via the Mexico border.

I thought I was cool by getting a 10% discount and getting Cuban cigars for all my friends using Bitcoin.

So...I was kinda cool.

But looking back, my coolness is far outpaced by my stupidity.