IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 22, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Future City Holding Inc. (OTCQB:FTCY) (the “Company”) has appointed Peng Yi Rong as the Marketing Director of Hong Kong to promote the multi-level marketing (MLM) business of its wholly-owned subsidiary, GX-Life Global, Inc.

Ning Liu, CEO and President of the Company commented, “I am confident that Peng Yi Rong will help us rapidly expand into the MLM market in Hong Kong.  The integration of the GX-Coin digital security into our membership compensation plan will set us apart from other MLM businesses.  With the help of Ms. Peng’s expertise and extensive contacts in the MLM business, we should be able to gain access to the Hong Kong MLM market swiftly.”

Peng Yi Rong has over 28 years of business and marketing experience.  From 1987 to 1999, she was a successful entrepreneur.  From 2000 to 2007, she acted as the General Manager of Marketing of the Guangdong branch office of Tai Kang Life Insurance.  Ms. Peng joined the EMBA program at Qing Hua University in 2008 to further her studies in management and operations.  Since 2010 to present, Ms. Peng has become a high ranking member of SMA, a large scale MLM company in Hong Kong.

About Global Future City Holding Inc.

Global Future City Holding Inc. is a holding company focused on implementing an EB-5 immigrant investor program for foreign investors who are interested in acquiring lawful permanent residence in the United States, and the marketing and deployment of its MLM loyalty-based retail program. The Company plans to focus its initial efforts on acquiring qualified investment projects that are aligned with its EB-5 Regional Center and launching the digital security-based MLM program.  Additional information on the Company may be viewed at http://www.gf.city.

About GX-Life Global, Inc.

GX-Life Global is in the process of developing a robust, scalable platform to support multi-level marketing (“MLM”) opportunities throughout the world. The state of the art platform is intended to replace the Company’s previous interest in EGD. GX-Life Global plans to replace EGD with “GX-Coins” which are an open source digital security that functions as a store of value and a medium of exchange. These coins are being registered by its strategic partner, Great Coin, Inc., a Nevada corporation. GX-Life Global plans to deploy the GX-Coins it acquires from Great Coin by distributing them to members of their MLM program community as loyalty points for the members’ participation in the MLM program. Members of GX-Life Global will be able to redeem their status points, reward points, and status reward points for GX-Coin at 100% of their points’ dollar value. Each member of the MLM program will be issued a GX-Life Global-branded debit card and a separate wallet that holds GX-Coins. Additionally, holders of GX-Coin will be able to use their GX-Coins to purchase products offered by GX-Life Global.

About Great Coin, Inc.

Great Coin, Inc., a Nevada corporation, is a technology company in the process of developing “Great Coin” or “GX-Coin” which is an open source digital security that functions as a store of value and a medium of exchange. GX-Coins will be freely tradable on an online trading platform, and the price of a GX-Coin once on the trading platform will be determined by market forces through trading activity.  Great Coin plans to freely sell the GX-Coins directly and via GX-Life Global pursuant to a registration statement as a “digital security.” As a digital security, GX-Coin will be offered as an uncertificated security, the ownership and transfer of which are recorded on an encrypted, secured distributed ledger system using technology similar to the distributed ledger technology used for trading digital currencies.

Information about Forward-Looking Statements

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Global Future City Holding Inc.
Michael R. Dunn
CFO/COO
Office: (949) 769-3550 ext. 131
Email: miked@gf.city