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At a cryptocurrency convention in Austin in May, Blake Emerson Benthall hustled for investor money alongside scores of other entrepreneurs. But none of them, it is safe to say, could pitch their experience as the leader of a multimillion-dollar criminal drug enterprise. In the convention’s “Deal Flow Zone,” Mr. Benthall, 5-foot-4, cleanshaven and wearing a gray tee with his start-up’s logo, turned his laptop around at a lunch table and began giving his spiel to a bespectacled potential investor. “I’m a lifelong entrepreneur,” Mr. Benthall said as he clicked through a presentation that detailed how he had run Silk Road 2.0, the second iteration of the infamous online bazaar where 1.7 million anonymous customers signed up and used Bitcoin to buy methamphetamine, heroin and other illegal substances. and the years he spent in the punitive employ of the federal government.
Persons: Blake Emerson Benthall hustled, Mr, Benthall, “ I’m, ” Mr Locations: Austin
Global shares were stuck around two-month lows and Wall Street indexes closed nearly flat and narrowly mixed. Yields on benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasuries stepped back after flirting with 16-year highs earlier in the week. Investors expected the Fed may hold interest rates higher for longer as the U.S. economy continued to show strength. Attention now turns to the Fed and other top central banks' annual gathering in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Investors will scrutinise a speech from Fed Chair Jerome Powell next Friday for clues about the interest rate outlook.
Persons: Brendan McDermid, Jackson Hole WASHINGTON, Treasuries, Blake Emerson, Jerome Powell, Powell, Brent, Toby Chopra, Mark Potter, Nick Macfie, Diane Craft, David Gregorio Our Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Jackson, Treasury, Federal Reserve, Global, Dow Jones, Nasdaq, JP Morgan Private Bank, Federal, Securities, U.S, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, Jackson Hole, Jackson Hole , Wyoming, Japan
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