#CryptoRoundTableRemarks At the latest SEC crypto roundtable, key voices shared their opinions on DeFi, code, and regulation:
• SEC Chair Atkins: "Engineers should not be held accountable for how others use their code."
• Hester Peirce: "Code is protected as speech under the First Amendment."
• Erik Voorhees: "Smart contracts are an enhancement of step function compared to human regulators."
• Others argued that decentralization is not lawless — it is transparent, predictable, and user-driven.
💬 What do you think about these statements? Should DeFi developers be protected like open-source builders — or held accountable like financial intermediaries? How should regulation evolve alongside the increasing code-driven finance?