$ETH In the latest SEC crypto roundtable, key voices shared their opinions on DeFi, code, and regulation:

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

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

• Erik Voorhees: "Smart contracts are a functional step up compared to human regulators."

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