Poland: Parliament fails to lift veto on crypto law

The Polish parliament failed on Friday, September 5 to overturn the third presidential veto on the law concerning crypto-asset markets. The Sejm only gathered 241 votes out of the 266 required, despite pressure exerted by Prime Minister Donald Tusk amid the Zondacrypto scandal, an exchange accused of embezzling 94 million dollars of client funds.

In brief

The constitutional threshold missed once again

The vote of September 5 at the Sejm was the third attempt to overturn the presidential veto on the Crypto-Asset Market Act. President Karol Nawrocki had already rejected this text in December 2025, February 2026, and then June 2026. Each time, he cited the risks the law would pose to the economic freedom of Poles.

Donald Tusk had pushed for the urgent inclusion of the topic on the Sejm agenda the previous week. The debate was limited. The ballot ended with 241 votes in favor, 25 short of the qualified majority of three-fifths required by the Constitution.