PANews reported on July 25 that according to CoinDesk, Deutsche Telekom announced that it will expand its Web3 services to the XDC network. The Deutsche Telekom subsidiary will run a backup master node on the XDC network as an infrastructure provider. The company has run nodes on multiple blockchain networks, including Ethereum, Polygon and Polkadot, and plans to start Bitcoin mining. The XDC network focuses on tokenized real-world assets, trade finance, and decentralized physical infrastructure.