On Friday, Polish lawmakers officially adopted a new crypto law aimed at aligning the country with the European MiCA regulation. This reform comes as Poland risked falling behind the requirements imposed by the European Union starting next July.
Supervision will now be entrusted to the Polish Financial Supervision Authority. It will be able to suspend certain offers, block accounts, or impose fines on companies that do not comply with the rules.
But this adoption is no coincidence. It comes in a highly tense climate after the Zondacrypto case, the former Polish crypto exchange giant. Thousands of users remain deprived of their funds following the platform’s collapse. Losses are estimated to exceed 350 million zlotys, about $96 million.
Meanwhile, major financial powers are accelerating. In the United States, favorable initiatives are multiplying: the CLARITY Act recently passed a decisive stage in the Senate. In the United Kingdom, the Bank of England is also beginning to soften its stance on stablecoins, fearing that companies might migrate to more attractive jurisdictions.
The Polish law illustrates an increasingly clear reality: crypto is entering a decisively political and institutional phase. The era of regulatory void is coming to an end. For investors, this development is good news. A clearer framework could strengthen confidence and accelerate the institutional adoption of Bitcoin, stablecoins, and tokenized assets.
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