#CryptoRoundTableRemarks At the latest SEC cryptocurrency seminar, prominent voices shared their opinions on DeFi, code, and regulation:
• SEC Chair Atkins: “Engineers should not be held responsible for how others use their code.”
• Hester Peirce: “Code is protected as speech under the First Amendment.”
• Erik Voorhees: “Smart contracts are a leap forward compared to human regulators.”
• Others argue that decentralization is not lawless — it is transparent, predictable, and user-driven.
💬 What do you think about these comments? Should DeFi developers be protected like open-source builders — or held accountable like financial intermediaries? How should regulation evolve as finance becomes increasingly code-based?
