The US Securities and Exchange Commission has released the agenda for its coming round table, ‘Defi and the American Spirit’, planned for 9 June at Washington’s head office, DC.
Organized by the Crypto Task Force of the Bureau, the event of half a day is the fifth in a current series that was designed to explore regulatory approaches of digital assets. The newest session will focus specifically on the Defi sector.
The round table runs for about four hours and starts with opening comments by SEC officials, including chairman Paul Atkins and Commissioner Hester Peirce, who also leads the Task Force.
Atkins and Peirce have both previously emphasized the importance of making a regulatory environment with which Defi -Innovation can thrive without endangering the protection of investors.
Intersection of Defi and American regulations principles
The most important discussion, entitled ‘Defi and the American Spirit’, will take place from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm and will be moderated by former SEC Commissioner Troy Paredes.
The panel will bring in-laws from the academic world, legal circles and the blockchain industry to investigate how Defi-platforms reflect the American American values, such as autonomy, open participation and market-driven innovation.
Topics are expected to include the potential for peer-to-peer protocols to operate without intermediaries, the challenges of regulating smart contracts and the risks and benefits of decentralized administration.
The event is open to the public and will be streamed live on the SEC website. Although virtual presence does not require registration, personal attendees must register in advance.
Persistent efforts for clarity
This round table is the last in the SECs “Spring Sprint Toward Crypto Clarity”, launched an initiative for several parts launched in March 2025 to collect feedback in the industry and to inform the regulatory policy.
The series was opened with a session on how and when digital assets qualify as effects, followed by discussions about regulating crypto -trading platforms, custody of digital assets and the tokenization of traditional financial instruments.
Each round table has brought together legal scientists, technologists and financial professionals to investigate how existing rules cross with emerging blockchain models.
With Defi -challenging traditional legal assumptions, the coming round table is expected to be one of the most crucial to date. It will investigate whether Defi can be meaningfully integrated into the American regulatory framework, while the core principles of openness and autonomy retain its core principles.