January 21, 2026

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Or support our Kickstarter campaign! Europe’s gas crisis in 2022 is often described as a supply shock driven by geopolitics, but that framing misses the…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Or support our Kickstarter campaign! Germany’s hydrogen backbone with no customers and no suppliers has been examined from multiple angles in this…

BNB crypto, the token backed by Binance and powering the BNB Smart Chain (BSC), has lost its crucial $900 level overnight, falling by over -4.5% as the combined crypto market cap lost over $150Bn in the past 24 hours, down to $3.1Bn. A…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Or support our Kickstarter campaign! The EX90 was Volvo’s first blank sheet electric vehicle and mapped out the road ahead for the company. It was a…

Bitcoin has just filled that pesky CME gap around $88,000, dipping down to tag the level before bouncing a bit. Right now, Bitcoin USD is hovering near $90,000 after taking some heat from broader market jitters. It’s been a…

In a fiery special address at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting on 21 January 2025, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen declared that Europe is forging a “new form of European independence” amid escalating…

Dyno Nobel has introduced the newest addition to its electronic initiation offering, the Navus handheld blaster, a lightweight, portable unit that, it says, allows operations to safely and reliably initiate blasts. Weighing just 600 grams,…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Or support our Kickstarter campaign! Policy makers at the US Department of Energy have their hearts set on restoring coal to a commanding place in the…

Grayscale has filed with the SEC to convert its NEAR Trust into a spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) amidst a broader decline in the cryptocurrency market. Despite this downturn, the price of NEAR rose by over +3%, from $1.44 to $1.80,…

Pump.fun, the go-to Solana launchpad for memecoins, just dropped Pump Ventures Fund, its first proper investment arm, together with a $3 million hackathon. Unveiled in mid-January 2026, the program is built to back early-stage teams that…