IN SUMMARY: Everybody, please stop using the abbreviation BTC and pretending it is a good international abbreviation, and start using XBC to refer to bitcoins.
I can't believe this information is coming out now. I can see "real" exchanges who already have an established format of the three letter code just dropping whatever label fits their format at the time and that is it. If this is all formatting for the three letter, then I think 'btc' (the term) is going to end up being out of our hands, much like our taking of the Thai symbol. Karma lol.