January 13, 2026

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Nashville, Tennessee — Nissan is proud to announce that the all-new Nissan LEAF has been awarded the prestigious title of World’s Best Compact Car by the…

Sharps Technology, a publicly listed medical device firm with a large SOL treasury, hired Coinbase to launch and operate its own Solana validator. SOL traded around $145, up roughly 2% on the day, as staking-related news added to a steady…

Ethereum is sitting in the middle of one of its widest prediction gaps in years. VanEck has brought back an old bearish target of $300, while Fundstrat’s Tom Lee says prices could reach $7,000 to $9,000 within weeks. ETH has been trading…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Question: How can you tell people in the current US administration are lying? Answer: Their lips are moving. That’s what is happening this week as the…

Following President Trump’s now-public spat with SEC Chair Jerome Powell, Senator Elizabeth Warren has pressed the SEC to step in after the Trump administration pushed crypto deeper into US retirement plans. Key figures in Washington…

Ripple, the for-profit blockchain company closely associated with XRP, the crypto coin, has a history with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In December 2020, just when the world was recovering from the ravages of COVID, the…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. While the federal electric vehicles credits are gone and some EV sales have predictably dropped, a number of US states still have their own incentives. At the…

The XRP Price has slid nearly -15% over the past week, spooking short-term traders and triggering a sharp wave of dip buying. However, buyers have continued to step in to defend the key $2 level whenever it has approached, with around five…

2026 has kicked off with a global tightening of regulations. Countries are moving quickly to close compliance gaps. If 2026 is truly the breakout year for crypto, is this preparation for it? Even SEC Chair Paul Atkins said that “clear…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. When Canada’s then–Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland warned last year about “the elephant in the room” in global EV trade, she was referring to China —…