January 2026

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…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Or support our Kickstarter campaign! Zwickau vehicle plant to become Volkswagen AG’s centre of excellence for the circular economy From 2030, up to…

Why is crypto crashing right now? That question is echoing across trading desks as Bitcoin price slides, altcoins bleed harder, and global markets react to a rapidly escalating geopolitical standoff. Hitcoin crypto has entered a clear…

Shiba Inu is holding onto a narrow support area that now separates a normal correction from the risk of a deeper slide. Shiba Inu (SHIB), one of the market’s biggest meme tokens, is trading just above a level analysts have warned about for…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Or support our Kickstarter campaign! BEVs represented 35% of the total Chinese car market in December. We saw plugins score another million-plus sales…

For most of his career, Mark Carney was the polished face of global cooperation, but on Tuesday at WEF 2026, that tone vanished. Less than a year into his term as Canada’s prime minister, Carney delivered a blunt assessment of global power…

For centuries, the traditional financial world and the blockchain ecosystem have long operated on two different clocks. It has been less than 20 years since Bitcoin launched. Since then, better versions, including Ethereum and Solana, are…

David Cormack commenced his two-year tenure as the new Chair of the Board at LEEA on January 1, 2026, taking over the role from Oliver Auston. Serving as Vice Chair alongside Auston for the last two years, he has also been a member of…