$ETH At the latest SEC crypto roundtable, major voices weighed in on DeFi, code, and regulation:

• SEC Chair Atkins: “Engineers shouldn’t be held liable for how others use their code.”

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

• Erik Voorhees: “Smart contracts are a step function improvement over human regulators.”

• Others argued that decentralization isn't lawless — it's transparent, predictable, and user-driven.