Leading bitcoin wallet Blockchain has announced support for ether, thereby allowing users to seamlessly store, send, and receive ether from within the Blockchain wallet.

“By adding ether as a new currency, we’re providing users with a new diverse way to interact with the digital economy,” Blockchain said.

Founded in 2011, Blockchain is one of the popular consumer wallet for digital assets in the world with over 16 million wallets across 140 countries. With this integration, users can easily toggle between bitcoin and ether using the platform’s interface.

“As popularity of Ethereum has grown, so has the desire from our customers to have the option to manage multiple digital assets within their Blockchain wallets. We are thrilled to introduce this new functionality to our community and will continue to find ways to make interacting with digital assets even easier,” Peter Smith, CEO of Blockchain, said in a statement.

In addition, Blockchain also announced its collaboration with leading digital asset exchange ShapeShift and introduced a built-in BTC to ETH (and vice versa) exchange, powered by it, for helping users seeking to acquire ether.

“Accessible directly within your Blockchain wallet, this integration makes it easy for users to acquire both digital currencies and monitor exchange progress, from start to finish,” it added.

The announcement follows Blockchain’s recent Series B round in which it raised $40 million led by Lakestar, which brought the total funding to over $70 million till date.

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