#CryptoRoundTableRemarks In the latest SEC roundtable on cryptocurrencies, leading voices shared 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 a form of expression protected by the First Amendment."

Erik Voorhees: "Smart contracts are an improvement over the tiered function regarding human regulators."

Others argued that decentralization is not illegal: it is transparent, predictable, and user-driven.