BTC

Translingual

Etymology 1

Symbol

BTC

1. (international standards) Unofficial non-ISO 4217 currency code for the cryptocurrency Bitcoin.

   Synonyms: XBT, ₿

   • 2011 July 3, Noam Cohen, “Speed Bumps on the Road to Virtual Cash”, in The New York Times‎^[1] (in English):

     “I’ve sold 24 collars, 13 leashes and 1 pair of ‘Disco Knickers’ with Bitcoin over the last few months,” she wrote in an e-mail. “The first order I had was for 42 BTC, which was worth about $40 at the time, but now those coins would be worth around $680! Originally I had a fixed Bitcoin price, but now I do a conversion based on the exchange rate.”

   • 2024 November 21, Shaurya Malwa, “Bitcoin Crosses $97K, Continuing Wild ‘Trump Trade’ Rally”, in CoinDesk‎^[2] (in English):

     BTC traded above $97,500 in early Asian hours, less than 3% from a landmark $100,000 figure that would push it above a $2 trillion market capitalization.

Usage notes

• This code conflicts with the currency coding standardization rules in ISO 4217, as currency codes beginning with BT are reserved for Bhutan, due to that being its ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code. The code XBT is sometimes used as a compliant alternative.

Etymology 2

Symbol

BTC

1. (international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Batticaloa International Airport, which serves Batticaloa, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka.

English

Noun

BTC (uncountable)

1. Abbreviation of betacellulin.

Proper noun

BTC

1. Initialism of Bodoland Territorial Council.
2. Initialism of British Transport Commission.
   • 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 51:

     After petrol rationing ended in 1952, the BTC was aware that more swingeing cuts had to be made, and a sinister message was conveyed by the loss of the meandering 38-mile route from Blisworth to Stratford-upon-Avon in April 1952, and the 25-mile Abergavenny-Merthyr Heads of the Valleys line in January 1958.

Anagrams

• BCT, CBT, TBC, TCB