The Bitcoin white paper has been found within every modern version of the operating system for Apple’s Mac computers. Technologic Andy Baio first revealed that a PDF of the Bitcoin white paper was “apparently shipped with every copy of macOS since Mojave in 2018.”

Nasdaq-listed business intelligence firm MicroStrategy has announced it acquired an additional 1,045 Bitcoin for approximately $29.3 million, at an average price of $28,016 per BTC, bringing its total holdings to 140,000 BTC.

Adrienne Harris, the head of the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), said it was “ludicrous” to think that Signature Bank’s closure last month had anything to do with “Operation Choke Point 2.0.”

Top stories in the Crypto Roundup today:

• Bitcoin White Paper Found Hidden in Apple’s MacOS
• MicroStrategy Buys an Additional 1,045 BTC
• NYDFS Chief Denies Crypto Crackdown Behind Bank Closures
• Binance’s Spot Market Share Slides After Halting Trading Incentives

Bitcoin White Paper Found Hidden in Apple’s MacOS

The Bitcoin white paper has been found within every modern version of the operating system for Apple’s Mac computers. Technologist Andy Baio first revealed that a PDF of the Bitcoin white paper was “apparently shipped with every copy of macOS since Mojave in 2018.”

According to Cointelegraph, Baio said he was “just trying to fix my printer” and scan a document when a wireless scanner called “Virtual Scanner II” appeared. The scanner showed a photo, that, when changed to a document, was Satoshi Nakamoto’s white paper.

To help others open the white paper, Baio created a prompt to use in Terminal, a command line interface for macOS. He found that his other friends using the operating system could also open the white paper.

While it’s unknown why Nakamoto’s white paper is being shipped with modern versions of macOS, Baio speculated that it is a “convenient, lightweight multipage PDF for testing purposes” that was “never meant to be seen by end users.”

MicroStrategy Buys an Additional 1,045 BTC

Nasdaq-listed business intelligence firm MicroStrategy has announced it acquired an additional 1,045 Bitcoin for approximately $29.3 million, at an average price of $28,016 per BTC, bringing its total holdings to 140,000 BTC.

The 140,000 coins that MicroStrategy now holds were acquired for approximately $4.17 billion, at an average price of $29,803 per BTC. The move shows the company is still investing in the digital asset.

The firm recently repaid a loan with Silvergate and bought 6,500 BTC, as it appears to be dollar-cost averaging into its crypto holdings. MicroStrategy does not hold other digital assets on its balance sheet and has been accumulating Bitcoin since August 2020.

NYDFS Chief Denies Crypto Crackdown Behind Bank Closures

Adrienne Harris, the head of the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), said it was “ludicrous” to think that Signature Bank’s closure last month had anything to do with “Operation Choke Point 2.0.”

Speaking to Chainalysis’ Links conference attendees in New York, Harris said her office’s intervention to shut down Signature had nothing to do with crypto, but rather came after a “new-fashioned bank run.”

Harris added that when banks have a “high percentage of uninsured deposits” while lacking “liquidity management protocols” they end up in a situation where they have to be shut down. Signature was shuttered two days after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, and four days after Silvergate Bank announced its closure.

All three banks had ties to the crypto industry. The banks’ shutdown, and the Fed’s rejection of a membership request from crypto-friendly Custodia Bank, fueled theories suggesting U.S. regulators were working together to stop crypto from using the banking system. They called this Operation Choke Point 2.0, after an old program that did the same thing to legal but shady businesses.

Harris argued that the NYDFS’ guidance necessitates that virtual asset companies have a strong banking partnership with well-regulated banks, which to her means that “the idea that we don't want those banks to exist just doesn't make any logical sense.”

Binance’s Spot Market Share Slides After Halting Trading Incentives

Binance lost some of its spot market dominance among Top-Tier exchanges for the first time in five months, dropping from 62% in February to 57.7% in March. This happened around the same time that BinanceUSD faced legal issues, and Binance stopped offering free trading for BTC-BUSD and ETH-BUSD pairs.

Nevertheless, Binance’s spot trading volume increased slightly to $554 billion. Other exchanges grew more with OKX and Coinbase rising 29.7% and 23.5% to $54.9 billion and $49.3 billion, respectively.

On the other hand, Binance’s derivatives market dominance reached a new high of 64.0% in March.

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