At the latest SEC roundtable on cryptocurrencies, key voices weighed in 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 stepped-function improvement over human regulators.”
• Others argued that decentralization is not anarchic — it is transparent, predictable, and user-driven.
💬 What is your opinion on these comments? Should DeFi developers be protected like open-source builders — or be held accountable like financial intermediaries? How should regulation evolve as finance becomes more code-driven?