#CryptoRoundTableRemarks In the most recent SEC cryptocurrency roundtable, key voices spoke out 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 speech under the First Amendment.”

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

• Others argued that decentralization is not lawless — it is transparent, predictable, and user-driven.