🗣️ These are the top trending stories across crypto social media Friday: 🇺🇸 CPI Inflation Shock: Report: US headline CPI jumped to 3.3% YoY in March, the biggest rise since May 2024. Energy drove the move—gasoline spiked over 21%—while core CPI eased slightly to 2.6%, under estimates. Markets see the surge as largely geopolitical (Iran war) and priced-out 2026 Fed cuts. Motive: energy shock; policymakers likely to hold rates until core trends clearly fall.

📉 Covenant Exit: Reporters and users say Covenant AI, the largest Bittensor subnet operator, abruptly left and sold ~37,000 TAO (~$10–11M). Prices plunged across TAO and subnet tokens as accusations flew that Bittensor governance is centralized…