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Global Crypto Offering Exchange (GCOX) lists Pacquiao and Owen
as private investors in the company, alongside a member of Abu
Dhabi's ruling family, Sheikh Khaled bin Zayed al-Nahyan.
Singer Jason Derulo also signed a deal to launch a token with
the firm earlier this year.
GCOX says the tokens will give buyers exclusive merchandise and
interactions with their favorite celebrities, and that the
celebrities will receive proceeds from the token sales.
"To be the first female athlete to have her own token is really
cool...I am looking forward to expanding that before other
people start getting into it," Wozniacki told Reuters in an
interview on the sidelines of an event to sign the deal in
Singapore.
GCOX CEO Jeffrey Lin told Reuters the first celebrity token was
likely to be launched next year.
He said "if everything goes well, first quarter of 2019 will be
the first celebrity token and it could be Michael's, it could be
Manny's, I am not sure yet."
To buy the celebrity tokens, prospective buyers must first
acquire GCOX's own tokens called ACM, the sale of which has only
recently started. Lin declined to say how many ACM tokens had
been sold, but said "in theory we are trying to raise $300-600
million".
Wozniacki, who claimed her maiden Grand Slam title at the
Australian Open in January, also said she was looking to carry
the momentum of a strong end to the season through to a second
successive WTA Finals title triumph in Singapore next week.
(Reporting by Aradhana Aravindan and John Geddie; Editing by
Simon Cameron-Moore)
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