Making something out of nothing

Hard to tell where the advertising ends and the news begins in this story, about Alderney and bitcoins. (Shouldn't bitcoin be capitalized? Is currency generally capitalized? US Dollar? Yen or yen? Japanese Yen or Japanese yen? Focus, CG, focus.)

Makes me wish for LAGuy's post on the constitutional coinage cases. Maybe the Chief can make something out of them and apply it to Detroit or wherever else seems handy.