January 6, 2026

Copper prices have surged to record levels, underscoring growing concerns over supply constraints and intensifying global competition for the critical industrial metal. The rally reflects strong demand from sectors such as renewable energy,…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. A couple days ago, I wrote about Kia’s electric vehicle sales dropping more than 50% in December. That wasn’t a great result, but more or less what was…

It seems crypto adoption is on the rise again, as we enter 2026. The Ethereum price jumped above the $3,200 mark, following the announcement that Jeff Bezos’ space company, Blue Origin, will start accepting ETH and other…

Grayscale has just paid out Ethereum staking rewards to U.S. ETF holders for the first time, transforming its ETHE fund into a yield-generating crypto product. The fund distributed $0.083178 per share from Q4 2025 staking income. This fits…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. The intertubes were buzzing over the weekend about — no, not the little dustup in Caracas! — the really big news. Elon Musk now says production of the Tesla…

Ethereum Layer-2 network Starknet reportedly suffered fresh mainnet downtime, adding another outage to a growing list of reliability scares in 2025. While Starknet’s token price data stayed limited at press time, the network still secures…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. In normal times, the launch of a new electric vehicle into the US market would be, well, just another EV launch. After all, drivers in search of a…