A decades-old computer character standard has been updated with a symbol for bitcoin. The Unicode Consortium unveiled Unicode version 10.0 today, which includes the bitcoin "B" symbol. Overall ...

The feature includes a shortcut to a table with all Unicode/ASCII characters. Through this, the user should be able to search for a character, copy it and get information about a selected character.

Unicode consortium has included the graphic symbol of the Russian ruble, which the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) endorsed officially in December 2013, the CBR said in a report.