ChainCatcher news, global digital asset custody company BitGo announced that its Korean subsidiary BitGo Korea has introduced Hana Financial Group and SK Telecom as strategic investors. Hana Financial and SK Telecom have respectively acquired 25% and 10% stakes in BitGo Korea.BitGo currently holds approximately $70 billion in assets and has processed a total of about $3 trillion in assets. BitGo Korea is applying for ISMS certification and VASP qualification.Hana Financial will enhance user protection through collaboration, while SK Telecom plans to integrate its certification and security technologies with BitGo's services.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Aptos Labs announced new partnerships with Microsoft, Brevan Howard, SK Telecom, and Boston Consulting Group to develop the institutional platform Aptos Ascend.It is reported that the platform is a digital asset management platform aimed at financial institutions, designed to extend decentralized finance to institutional capital through the Aptos network and increase the liquidity of tokenized assets globally, among other things.

ChainCatcher news, according to the Korea Economic Daily, SK Telecom's Executive Vice President Oh Sae-hyun predicted during the UDC 2023 keynote speech that if legal risks such as the FTX scandal are resolved, the virtual asset market, including Bitcoin, will see significant growth.In addition, she predicted that 70% of new value creation in the next 10 years will be based on digital platform businesses, and infrastructures like Web3 are crucial for supporting this growth. Web3 plays a very important role in supporting the development of such businesses as it provides trust-based infrastructure. Therefore, the development of Web3 technology will play a key role in shaping the digital economy.

ChainCatcher news, South Korean telecom giant SK Telecom has signed a tripartite agreement with Aptos and SK Telecom's technology partner Atomrigs Lab. Through collaboration with Aptos, SK Telecom is committed to providing users with a seamless and secure Web3 experience.

ChainCatcher news, South Korean telecom giant SK Telecom has partnered with blockchain analytics company CryptoQuant and developer Team Blackbird to launch a cryptocurrency wallet. This wallet will allow users to access blockchain-based applications on their mobile phones, enabling them to store tokens and access CryptoQuant's on-chain analytics tools.

ChainCatcher news, Polygon Labs has signed a cooperation agreement with South Korean telecom giant SK Telecom to jointly develop the Web3 ecosystem, while seeking promising Web3 startups to incubate. SK Telecom's NFT marketplace TopPort will also begin supporting Polygon.

ChainCatcher news, South Korean telecom giant SK Telecom announced an additional investment of $100 million in AI company Anthropic, aiming to develop a multilingual large language model (LLM) for its telecom AI platform.Previous news, Anthropic completed a $450 million Series C funding round, led by Spark Capital.