January 30, 2026

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Or support our Kickstarter campaign! Sodium-ion batteries have been lingering around the fringes of the vehicle electrification movement for years. A…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Or support our Kickstarter campaign! Regardless of the sharp U-turn in federal energy policy, investors are following the money, and the smart money is…

The Government of the Republic of Liberia and ArcelorMittal have signed an amendment to the existing Mineral Development Agreement (MDA), which was yesterday ratified via the Liberian legislative process, extending the duration of the…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Or support our Kickstarter campaign! Alberta’s January 2026 Order in Council authorizing expanded powers and funding for the province’s petroleum…

Rollups, privacy-focused or not, are a cornerstone of Ethereum. Without platforms like Arbitrum, Base, or Optimism, the Ethereum mainnet would still be struggling with high fees. This all changed when developers made it their primary…

Top asset managers like BlackRock are confident the future will be tokenized, not on private chains but on public ledgers like Solana and Ethereum. Already, billions worth of US treasuries and USD already “float” about in these…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Or support our Kickstarter campaign! Electric vehicles are ‘batteries on wheels’ and have capabilities beyond transportation. Because of the recent…

In compliance with the Extended Producer Responsibility Law (REP Law) and its commitments to the circular economy, Codelco signed an agreement with Neuvol, Chile’s first collective management system for used tyres (UT) and end-of-life…

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, a move markets largely expected. Bitcoin stayed relatively firm even as the US dollar weakened, but traders are still asking why crypto is down despite a supportive macro setup.…

The quantum computing threat to Bitcoin has been moving from “distant” and “eventually” to “possibly within a planning horizon.” The real question here is, could cryptography timelines compress faster than the industry expects? Analysts and…