Poland’s lower house of parliament, the Sejm, has passed a sanctions bill that includes the freezing of crypto-assets, by 240 votes to 202, according to Japanese outlet CoinPost, which cited local media. The bill now goes to the Senate. The text gives the vote date only as the 6th, without naming the month, and the report was published on 11 November 2026.
What the bill would do
CoinPost describes the bill as allowing the Interior Minister to place on a national sanctions list individuals and companies that support sanctioned countries, or that are involved in foreign interference or disinformation against Poland’s security.
According to CoinPost’s description of the bill text, Article 2 names crypto-assets among the freezable financial assets, alongside cash, account balances, shares, bonds, derivatives and dividends. The crypto definition reportedly refers to the European Union’s MiCA regulation.
The freeze would reportedly cover assets owned by listed persons and entities as well as all assets under their control. CoinPost says this implies in practice that exchanges and similar firms would have to comply.
Penalties and appeals
CoinPost reports that concealing or transferring funds frozen under EU sanctions would carry a prison sentence of 6 months to 8 years. Violations could also bring fines of up to 20 million zloty, set by the head of the customs and tax authority. For companies, a court could impose fines of 10,000 to 200 million zloty, or 5% of the previous year’s turnover.
Listed parties could challenge a decision in an administrative court, but according to the bill as described, the freeze would stay in force until a final ruling.
Government rationale and opposition criticism
Deputy Interior Minister Czesław Mroczek said, as reported by CoinPost, that the current system rests on a 2022 law responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He said the new law would allow sanctions over situations involving countries other than Russia and Belarus.
Opposition parties, according to CoinPost, object that the bill allows asset freezes without a court decision. They also say wording such as “indirectly supporting disinformation” is too broad. CoinPost does not say which parties raised the objections.
Next steps and open questions
The Senate has 30 days to consider the bill and may amend it. If it does, the Sejm votes again on the amendments. The president then has 21 days to sign the bill, veto it or refer it to the Constitutional Court. If promulgated, the law would take effect 30 days later, according to CoinPost.
Several points remain unclear: whether the Senate will amend the text, how the president will act, and whether the bill sets crypto-specific compliance requirements beyond the general asset-freeze rules. This account relies on a single source, and no official document was available to confirm the details.
Sources
- CoinPost: ポーランド下院が制裁法案を可決、凍結対象に仮想通貨を明記 (2026-11-11)
Sources
- coinpost.jp CoinPost — ポーランド下院が制裁法案を可決、凍結対象に仮想通貨を明記 Accessed
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