The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced the agenda for its upcoming roundtable, “Defi and the American Spirit,” scheduled for June 9th at Washington, DC headquarters.
Organized by the agency’s Cryptographic Task Force, the half-day event is the fifth in an ongoing series designed to explore regulatory approaches to digital assets. The latest session will focus on the Defi sector in particular.
The Round Table runs for about four hours and begins with comments from SEC officials, including Chair Paul Atkins and Commissioner Hester Perth, who lead the task force.
Atkins and Peirce previously emphasized the importance of creating a regulatory environment that allows Defi innovation to flourish without compromising investor protection.
The intersection of Defi and US regulatory principles
The main discussion, titled “Defi and the American Spirit,” will take place from 1:30pm to 3pm and will be moderated by former SEC committee member Troy Paredes.
The panel brings together thought leaders from the academia, legal and blockchain industries to explore how the Defi platform reflects American values such as autonomy, open participation and market-driven innovation.
The topics are expected to include the possibility of peer-to-peer protocols operating without intermediaries, the challenges of regulating smart contracts, and the risks and benefits of decentralized governance.
The event is open to the public and will be streamed live on the SEC website. Virtual attendees do not require registration, but face-to-face attendees must register in advance.
Continuous efforts towards clarity
The roundtable is the latest in SEC’s “Spring Sprint and Crypto Clarity,” a multipart initiative launched in March 2025 to gather industry feedback and inform regulatory policies.
The series was held in a session on how and when digital assets will qualify as securities, followed by discussions on regulating crypto trading platforms, managing digital assets, and tokenizing traditional financial instruments.
Each roundtable brought together legal scholars, engineers and financial experts to examine how existing rules intersect with the new blockchain model.
As Defi is challenging traditional regulatory assumptions, the future roundtable is expected to be one of the most important things to date. It examines whether defi can be meaningfully integrated into the American regulatory framework, while maintaining core principles of openness and autonomy.
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