#CryptoRoundTableRemarks At the latest SEC cryptocurrency seminar, prominent voices shared opinions on DeFi, code, and regulation:

• SEC Chairman 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.