BTC

See also: 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), archived from the original on 20 January 2021:

     “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), archived from the original on 21 November 2024:

     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.

   • 2025 July 25, Rakesh Upadhyay, “Price predictions 7/25: BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, ADA, HYPE, XLM, SUI”, in Cointelegraph‎^[3] (in English), archived from the original on 26 July 2025:

     According to Farside Investors’ data, spot ETH exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded net inflows of roughly $2.4 billion in the past six trading days, well above the $827 million in net inflows into spot BTC ETFs during the same period.

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

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːn˧˧ to˧˩ t͡ɕɨk̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˧˧ tow˧˨ t͡ɕɨk̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˧˧ tow˨˩˦ cɨk̚˦˥]
• Phonetic spelling: ban tổ chức

Noun

BTC (classifier cái)

1. initialism of ban tổ chức (“organizing committee; organizer”)