Mark Carney is calling for cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum to be managed to take action against illicit exercises and secure the money related framework.
The Bank of England representative said their innate dangers implied interests in advanced monetary standards could lose cash.
"The time has come to hold the crypto-asset ecosystem to the same standards as the rest of the financial system," Mr Carney said in a discourse on Friday.
He claims that crypto money doesn't yet cause a threat to regular fiat.
However, he said that could change if more individuals started investing into them.
Albeit a few nations have restricted them, Mr Carney said control would be a superior approach stating that "A better path would be to regulate elements of the crypto-asset ecosystem to combat illicit activities, promote market integrity, and protect the safety and soundness of the financial system,".
Mr Carney's main point seems to suggest the financial risk of crypto currencies is that investors may be throwing money in to crypto without true knowledge of the market. He is pointing out that an unregulated market may see investors falsely believe that their money is safe and lose it due to high volatility.
It is never a good sign for Crypto in general when a governor or the Bank of England make statements such as this and it will be interesting from here on if the U.K will begin to see new regulations put in to place. From here on us Crypto investors can but hope this doesn't see another massive effect on the market overall like it did when countries such as China issued stark warnings, banning ICO's and blocking bitcoin exchanges.