#CryptoRoundTableRemarks At the last SEC roundtable on cryptocurrencies, key figures spoke on issues of DeFi, code, and regulation:

• SEC Chair Atkin: “Engineers should not be held responsible for how others use their code.”

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

• Erik Voorhees: “Smart contracts are a step forward compared to human regulators.”

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