$ETH SEC Crypto Roundtable Sparks Major Debate on DeFi & Regulation

At the latest SEC-hosted crypto roundtable, influential voices tackled critical topics like code, accountability, and decentralization:

🔹 SEC Chair Mark Atkins emphasized that developers shouldn't be criminalized:

> “Engineers shouldn’t be held liable for how others use their code.”

🔹 Commissioner Hester Peirce doubled down on digital freedom:

> “Code is protected speech under the First Amendment.”

🔹 Erik Voorhees, founder of ShapeShift, noted: