#CryptoRoundTableRemarks During the last roundtable on cryptocurrencies at the SEC, major voices expressed their opinions on DeFi, code, and regulation:

• SEC Chair, Atkins: "Engineers should not be held responsible for how others use their code."

• Hester Peirce: "Code is speech protected by the First Amendment."

• Erik Voorhees: "Smart contracts are a functional improvement over human regulators."

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