Hecht Peter M SC 13D Cyclerion Therapeutics / Hecht Peter M ownership change

Exhibit 1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Sokol Malollari, Anjeza Gjino and Gary J. Simon signing singly, as the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer and/or director of Cyclerion Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”), a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other related documents necessary or appropriate to obtain from the Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) the codes, numbers and passphrases enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC as required under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated thereunder, Forms 3, 4 and 5 and Schedules 13D and 13G, including amendments thereto, in accordance with Section 13(d) or Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”), and the rules thereunder;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form ID, 3, 4 or 5 and Schedule 13D or 13G, including amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all the acts such attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 13 or Section 16 of the Act.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms ID, 3, 4 and 5 or Schedules 13D and 13G with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 14th day of May, 2021.

By: /s/ Peter M. Hecht

Print Name: Peter M. Hecht