#CryptoRoundTableRemarks At the last roundtable on cryptocurrency, SEC leading voices spoke about DeFi, code, and regulation:

• SEC Chair Atkins: "Engineers should not be held responsible for how others use their code."

• Hester Peirce: "Code is protected speech under the First Amendment."

• Eric Vorhees: "Smart contracts are a step forward in improving upon human regulators."

• Others argued that decentralization is not lawlessness — it is transparent, predictable, and user-oriented.