Daily brief

April 20, 2026

4 stories curated for this day.

Gemini described First Responder, an internal AI agent its engineering teams use to investigate monitoring alerts and triage on-call incidents. Sources: gemini (opens in a new tab)
Kraken's parent company has agreed to acquire Bitnomial, a CFTC-licensed derivatives platform, for $550 million. Sources: finextra (opens in a new tab)
Chase UK has appointed Malani, formerly of Monzo, as its new CEO. Sources: finextra (opens in a new tab)
Revolut is targeting a $150 billion valuation as it plans to go public within the next two years. Sources: finextra (opens in a new tab) , pymnts (opens in a new tab)