Poland’s lower house has again failed to clear the way for a domestic crypto licensing regime, leaving the country outside the European Union’s MiCA framework after the bloc’s transition period expired.

In the latest vote, the Sejm backed an attempt to overturn President Karol Nawrocki’s veto by 241 votes to 198. That was 25 votes short of the 266 required for a three-fifths supermajority, meaning the bill remains blocked and Poland stays without the legal basis needed to license crypto firms at home.

Third veto leaves Poland isolated in the EU

The failed override marks the third time the legislation has been stopped since December 2025. Nawrocki has vetoed three successive versions of the bill, each time arguing that the proposed framework would impose excessive burdens and could push companies to relocate abroad.

With the latest parliamentary defeat, Poland is left as the only EU member state without a domestic framework to implement Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation, or MiCA, according to the source article. The repeated impasse has turned what was meant to be a national licensing system into a continuing legal and political standoff.

MiCA deadline has already passed

The timing matters because MiCA’s transitional period ended on July 1, 2026. Since then, every crypto-asset service provider operating in the EU must hold a license issued either by its home regulator or by a regulator in another member state.

Poland’s problem is that its own supervisor, the KNF, cannot grant those licenses. The Sejm never passed the legislation that would give the authority that power, leaving the country unable to operate a domestic authorization route even after the EU deadline took effect.

Roughly 2,000 firms face a regulatory dead zone

The immediate consequence is a growing backlog of businesses caught between EU-wide rules and missing national implementation. The article says roughly 2,000 registered crypto firms in Poland are now in a regulatory dead zone.

Those companies cannot obtain MiCA authorization from the Polish regulator because no enabling law is in force. As a result, firms are increasingly being pushed to seek approval in other EU jurisdictions if they want to continue operating within the bloc’s post-transition framework.

What happens next

The confirmed position for now is unchanged: Poland has no domestic MiCA licensing mechanism, and the KNF remains unable to issue permits. Unless legislation is passed that grants the regulator the necessary authority, crypto businesses based in Poland will continue to depend on licensing routes outside the country.

The next concrete step would be a new attempt to pass legislation acceptable to both parliament and the president. Until that happens, the gap between EU requirements and Poland’s national framework remains unresolved.

Source: crypto.news