WGC: Democratic Congress would favor gold, dollar is the key driver for bitcoin

• —Polymarket gives Democrats a 93% chance of taking the House and 65% the Senate
• —A smaller deficit would lift the dollar and weigh on gold, but tariff cuts could widen it again
• —BTC at $79,894: Iran escalation headlines knocked 2–5% off the price intraday in October
• —Gold fell below $4,000 on Friday and traded at $4,010.48 on Monday