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The Big Four's erosion represents a structural shift where AI is commoditizing legacy consulting services – a precedent for how blockchain could disrupt financial infrastructure. This validates crypto's long-term value proposition but highlights near-term vulnerability as institutional portfolios de-risk. The 1.34T BTC market cap contraction shows how macro fear (exacerbated by 4.79% market cap loss) drowns out positive tech narratives.

AI technology is enabling smaller, well-funded challengers to take market share from the Big Four consulting firms.