December 30, 2025

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. The United States may be going backward with renewable energy, trying to drag people back into a pollution-filled world powered by coal and other fossil…

A viral post claiming a “major US bank blew up” on a silver trade sent finance X into meltdown, but the real story sits in a boring notice from the CME. As the silver price spiked toward $72 while Bitcoin chopped sideways, a margin change…

Outgoing New York City mayor Eric Adams is not easing quietly into private life. In one of his final public appearances, Adams said his next chapter will include using cryptocurrency as a tool to combat antisemitism, violence, and…

The Board of Directors of MMG Ltd has announced the approval of the feasibility study and the commitment to proceed with construction for a major expansion of the Khoemacau Copper Mine in Botswana. The project is designed to increase annual…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Sodium-ion battery development has been a major story in 2025, as Chris Arcus has been especially eager to highlight and explain. In 2026, I think it could be…

Grangex AB has announced a strategic commercial agreement with Anglo American, thereby supporting Grangex’s progress towards restarting operations at its Sydvaranger magnetite iron ore mine, located in Kirkenes, northern Norway. The…

Bitcoin is almost ending the year with chaotic and frustrating price actions. It now hovers at $20,000 below where it stood when Donald Trump officially became president, a gap that is sending BTC lower on a year-to-year basis for the 3rd…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Agrivoltaics have been the name of the game in the past few years in the solar power industry. On the surface, it seems simple — find farmland that could…

Real-world asset (RWA) protocols just passed decentralized exchanges (DEXs) to become the fifth-largest category in DeFi by total value locked (TVL), with around $17–30 billion now parked in tokenized Treasuries, private credit, and…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Vingroup announced separate strategic agreements in late December to develop urban infrastructure and green public transport networks in Uzbekistan and the…