#CryptoRoundTableRemarks At the latest roundtable on cryptocurrencies by the SEC, important voices weighed in on DeFi, code, and regulation:
• SEC Chair, Atkins: "Engineers should not be responsible 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 is not anarchic — it is transparent, predictable, and user-driven.