PANews reported on May 29 that according to the official announcement of the SEC, the Crypto Working Group of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it will hold a roundtable meeting on "DeFi and the American Spirit" at its headquarters in Washington on June 9. The event will be live-streamed, with panel discussions and public Q&A sessions. Official participants include: SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins; Chief Assistant for Crypto Affairs Richard B. Gabbert, SEC Commissioner Caroline A. Crenshaw, SEC Commissioner Mark T. Uyeda, and SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce.

Guests included: Rebecca Rettig from Jito Labs, Jill Gunter from Paredes Strategies, Michael Jordan from DBA, Michael Mosier from Arktouros, Gabe Shapiro from MetaLeX, Erik Voorhees from Venice AI, and Kevin Werbach from the Wharton School.