South Korean telco to launch Web3 pockets with Aptos and Atomrigs Lab

by Jeremy

South Korean telecom big SK Telecom (SKT) introduced plans to launch a Web3 pockets service, T pockets, in partnership with layer 1 mainnet Aptos Labs and Atomrigs Lab.

SK Telecom’s imaginative and prescient to launch a blockchain pockets for cryptocurrencies and nonfungible tokens (NFTs) dates again to July 2022. The initiative on the time kicked off with SKT’s blockchain arm collaborating with AhnLab Blockchain Firm and Atomix Lab to develop and function a Web3 pockets.

In response to the newest announcement, SKT goals to develop its “affiliations with customer-preferred mainnets and decentralized functions (dApps)” utilizing this tripartite settlement with the blockchain firms.

“By the collaboration with Aptos, which marks our first non- Ethereum Digital Machine (EVM) blockchain integration, SKT is dedicated to delivering a seamless and safe Web3 expertise for our customers.”

In an official tweet, SKT dedicated to delivering a seamless and safe Web3 expertise for customers.

The partnership can even see T pockets’s integration into Aptos’ decentralized utility (dApp) ecosystem and adoption of its MoveVM blockchain know-how.

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