January 8, 2026

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. The idea of sending data centers flying around the Earth seemed kooky just a couple of years ago, and yet here we are. The temptation of limitless solar…

Barclays invested in Ubyx, a U.S.-based clearing firm that connects banks to stablecoins and tokenized deposits. Crypto markets barely moved on the news, but stablecoin volumes already push close to $3 trillion a month, which shows where…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Motor City, the former automotive center of Detroit, is the first place in the nation to roll out a public EV-charging road. The road charges electric…

Morgan Stanley just filed for a spot Ethereum ETF, only hours after submitting filings for Bitcoin and Solana funds. Ethereum traded near $3,300 during the news cycle, steady rather than spiking, which shows the market sees this as…

Bitcoin ETFs pulled in over $1.2 billion in fresh cash to start 2026, yet Bitcoin failed to break higher. BTC hovered near the $87,000–$90,000 range even as headlines screamed “record inflows.” That gap between money coming in and price…

SANY Mining has announced the delivery of the first of a series of 136-ton class hybrid drive water trucks to Vale, one of the world’s leading iron ore producers. It said this marks not only a new chapter in the partnership between the two…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Forty fast and ultrafast EV charging bays have been installed at an EV charging hub near Chicago O’Hare airport. The DC fast chargers can deliver up to 400 kW…

Wall Street’s embrace of crypto took a major step forward this week as Morgan Stanley, one of the world’s largest wealth managers with over $1.8 trillion in assets under management, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange…

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CertiK and YZi Labs announced a $1M security grant aimed at helping early-stage DeFi startups catch bugs before hackers do. The timing matters because DeFi users lost over $2.47Bn to hacks and scams in the first half of 2025 alone,…