#CryptoRoundTableRemarks At the latest SEC cryptocurrency seminar, leading voices weighed in on DeFi, code, and regulations:

• SEC Chairman Atkins: “Engineers should not be held responsible for how others use their code.”

• Hester Peirce: “Code is protected as speech under the First Amendment.”

• Erik Voorhees: “Smart contracts are a leap forward compared to human regulators.”

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

💬 What do you think about these comments? Should DeFi developers be protected like open-source developers — or held accountable like financial intermediaries? How should regulation evolve as finance increasingly relies on code?