With the reduction of developer support, high fees, slow transaction times, and growing demand for Bitcoin Cash as a replacement, I'm sad to say the Bitcoin Core team has effectively killed off the BTC symbol. It may last for a few years but I do believe this is the beginning of a very long bear period for BTC with a couple of strong bounces.
Bitcoin Cash needs a lot more support on the infrastructure side, which should be an easy switch due to the similarities. This all depends on the ability of BCH to absorb miners from BTC during the bear period.