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

South Korean telecom large 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.

SKT가 ‘웹3 지갑’ 개발을 위해 안랩블록체인컴퍼니, 블록체인 전문기업 아톰릭스랩과 협력합니다. 웹3 지갑은 사용자가 블록체인 네트워크 상에서 발행된 다양한 유형의 토큰을 저장·전송·수신할 수 있는 디지털 자산 지갑입니다. ▶https://t.co/bi8SIDKK2M#SK텔레콤 #블록체인 pic.twitter.com/HFGCl3cIN8

— SK telecom (@SKtelecom) July 11, 2022

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

“By way of 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.

SK telecom signed a tripartite settlement with #Aptos, a rapidly-emerging and scaling layer 1 mainnet, and Atomrigs Lab, SK telecom’s know-how associate. By way of the collaboration with Aptos, SK telecom is dedicated to delivering a seamless and safe Web3 expertise for customers. pic.twitter.com/Ga9qoZz84W

— SK telecom (@SKtelecom) November 7, 2023

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

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