PayPal Assets Inc said on Tuesday it will now allow users to transfer cryptocurrencies comprising bitcoin to external wallets.
Nearly two years after the fintech massive opened up its platform to digital currencies.
The feature will be obtainable to choice U.S. users starting on Tuesday.
And will be rolled out to all qualified U.S. customers in the coming months, the San Jose, California-based company said.
PayPal started permitting customers to buy, sell and hold bitcoin, Ethereum, bitcoin cash and litecoin in October 2020. But users were not permissible to move crypto holdings off its platform previously.
Users had been demanding the new feature since the company legitimate buying and selling of crypto, PayPal said. Shares of the company were up 0.3% at $87.08.
Since last year, the crypto market has seen a outpouring of investor interest with huge venture investors, celebrities and blue-chip companies repetition down on crypto investments.
Conversely, the prices of such currencies have continued unpredictable, dimming their appeal as a hedge in contradiction of inflation.