#CryptoRoundTableRemarks At the last roundtable on cryptocurrency with the SEC, leading voices spoke about DeFi, code, and regulation:
• SEC Chair Atkins: “Engineers should not be held responsible for how others use their code.”
• Hester Peirce: “Code is protected speech under the First Amendment.”
• Eric Worgis: “Smart contracts are a step forward in improving over human regulators.”
• Others argued that decentralization is not lawlessness — it is transparent, predictable, and user-oriented.
💬 What are your thoughts on these comments? Should DeFi developers be protected as open-source builders — or be held accountable as financial intermediaries? How should regulation evolve as finance becomes more coded?