January 1, 2026

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. The idea of storing renewable energy in a tank of liquid air has been bubbling under the CleanTechnica radar ever since the UK firm Highview Power proposed…

Solana (SOL), a layer-1 blockchain known for its speed and low transaction costs, pulled in $2.93 million of fresh money through spot ETFs even as Bitcoin and Ethereum funds saw investors step back from risk. SOL traded around $123.95 with…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Every year on January 1, news outlets struggle to find stories that offer hope that the new year will be better than the year that just ended. There are…

Hedge funds reportedly built one of their biggest bearish bets against the Japanese yen in years, lining up around 85,000 net short contracts as pressure on the currency grows. As yen stress picked up, Bitcoin slipped below $87,000 in early…

California is planning to hit billionaires with a new one-time wealth tax in 2026, and it sparked loud warnings from tech and crypto founders about an “innovation exodus.” However, crypto markets did not swing on the headlines, but the…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Texas has emerged as a hotbed of green hydrogen activity in the US, supported in part by know-how borrowed from the oil and gas industry. Now another iconic…

Mama! Tether is at it again; they have bought 8,888 more BTC. This happened while Bitcoin traded in a tight range after the news, as we weighed the bullish signal of more institutional buying against worries about stablecoin risk. This…

Bitcoin mining equities are selling off again to start off 2026. If you’re one of those people searching “is bitcoin mining still profitable?”, you might want to think again. Even as miners lock in massive Bitcoin mining…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, Inc. (KCEC) has selected Nuvve New Mexico, LLC, a subsidiary of Nuvve Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: NVVE), to deploy and operate…

Silver is my old world bag. The XRP price is my new world bag. Either way we go, I’ve got a bag and a samurai NFT. And heading into 2026, XRP is primed to take on .cwp-coin-chart svg path { stroke-width: 0.65 !important; }…