Polish Sejm passes politically charged cryptocurrency act
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The Polish parliament has finally approved a government-proposed crypto bill that has become the focal point of a heated political clash with the head of state and the opposition. The legislation, strongly criticized by the industry as a threat to domestic crypto business, has been pushed through after an earlier attempt to overturn President Karol Nawrocki’s veto failed. Polish lawmakers adopt crypto law vetoed by Nawrocki The Sejm, the lower house of parliament in Poland, has adopted the country’s new Crypto-Asset Market Act, local media reported. On Thursday, the comprehensive framework was backed by 241 members of the chamber, out of a total of 425 deputies participating in the vote. This was the second reading of the bill, which took place after Karol Nawrocki returned it to the legislature in early December. It was initially passed in September. The first try to override the president’s veto was unsuccessful as the parties forming the ruling coalition were unable to provide the three-fifths majority needed to achieve that. The legislation is supposedly designed to transpose the EU’s latest Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulations into national law. However, the country’s crypto community is warning that it goes far beyond the European requirements, threatening the very survival of Polish platforms. Many of them are expected to exit what’s now arguably Eastern Europe’s largest cryptocurrency market. Crypto Act stirs political storm in Warsaw In his motives for the veto, Nawrocki added his own concerns, including regarding the personal and economic freedoms of Poles and the very stability of their state. The pro-EU government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk returned fire by accusing the president of involvement in a “crypto affair” and “weird relationship” with the industry. After the first failed attempt to overturn the veto of the recently elected nationalist head of state, Tusk…
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