Poland Adopts MiCA Bill; STRC Hits $1.5B; CLARITY Advances

Poland’s Sejm approved bill No. 2529 on Friday during its 57th sitting in Warsaw, voting 241–200 to implement the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework at the national level.

The Finance Ministry-backed measure gives the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) powers to supervise crypto market participants, impose administrative sanctions and temporarily block accounts and transactions. The bill clears Parliament on the government’s third attempt after President Karol Nawrocki vetoed earlier versions twice; lawmakers selected the state-backed draft over three competing proposals.

Strategy’s perpetual preferred stock, traded under the STRC ticker and formally named Strategy’s Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock, recorded $1.5 billion in daily trading volume on Thursday while Bitcoin traded near $80,000. The security carries an 11.5% dividend and does not require Strategy to issue new common shares. Public tracker estimates indicate Strategy could have raised about $735.4 million from that day’s STRC trades, enough to acquire roughly 9,066 Bitcoin. Since March, Strategy has added 101,147 Bitcoin and holds a reported 818,869 BTC, with a market value near $66.5 billion at current prices.

The U.S. Senate Banking Committee voted to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, known as the CLARITY Act, on Thursday after months of stalled progress. All 13 Republican committee members supported the bill, joined by Democratic Senators Ruben Gallego and Angela Alsobrooks. Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis praised the involvement of Treasury and White House staff: ‘Thanks to the folks from Treasury and Patrick Witt from the White House. Honestly, without their involvement, I don’t think we could have gotten as much done. The agencies went from offering technical assistance to really rolling up their sleeves and helping with this bill.’

The CLARITY Act would define which digital assets and activities are treated as securities and which fall under other regulatory regimes. Committee approval advances the measure toward a full Senate vote; further amendments and a floor schedule have yet to be determined.