The Unicode Consortium’s 10.0 version of the Unicode Standard now includes the Bitcoin symbol.
Unicode 10.0 adds 8,518 characters, for a total of 136,690 characters. These additions include 4 new scripts, for a total of 139 scripts, as well as 56 new emoji characters.
The new scripts and characters in Version 10.0 add support for lesser-used languages and unique written requirements worldwide, including:
Masaram Gondi, used to write Gondi in Central and Southeast India
Nüshu, used by women in China to write poetry and other discourses until the late twentieth century
Soyombo and Zanabazar Square, used in historic Buddhist texts to write Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Mongolian
Syriac letters used for writing Suriyani Malayalam, also known as Garshuni and as Syriac Malayalam
Gujarati signs used for the transliteration of the Arabic script into Gujarati by Ismaili Khoja communities
A set of 285 Hentaigana characters used in Japan (historic variants of Hiragana characters)
CJK Extension F (7,473 Han characters)
Important symbol additions include:
Bitcoin sign
56 emoji characters (full list)
A set of Typicon marks and symbols
