HECO Chain is a defunct EVM-compatible public blockchain that was developed by Huobi Group and permanently shut down after a major security breach and a scheduled network retirement. HECO Chain's Twitter Score is 19 out of 1000 as of September 2026, ranking #50,864 among 486,573 tracked accounts.
HECO Chain was announced by Huobi Group in December 2020 as a public chain designed to support decentralized applications, smart contracts, and digital assets, launching officially on December 21, 2020. The chain was formerly affiliated with Huobi Group / HTX and the Huobi Open Platform, and was formerly backed by Heco Fund. Its stated purpose was to provide developers with an on-chain environment at every stage of building.
HECO Chain suffered a critical security incident on November 22, 2023, when the HECO Bridge and HTX hot wallets were compromised via a private-key exploit. Per CertiK, combined losses from the incident totaled $113.3 million. The network was subsequently scheduled for retirement on January 15, 2025, after which HecoDAO permanently shut it down and imToken ceased supporting it. HECO Chain has published 984 posts on the platform and has been mentioned by 182 accounts a total of 887 times.
Who follows HECO Chain on X?
The accounts that follow HECO Chain include 62 founders, 12 angel investors, 41 influencers and 7 VCs, among them H.E. Justin Sun, Mario Nawfal, 0xMaki, Matthew Graham, Yat Siu and Ping.