An attempted rally in crypto earlier on Thursday was met by steady selling throughout the U.S. afternoon hours.

After rising above $113,000 level at one point, bitcoin (BTC) retreated to $111,800 late in the session, down about 0.7% over the past 24 hours. The selling in ether (ETH) and XRP (XRP) was a bit more sizable, with those tokens lower by 2.1% and 1.4%, respectively.

Outperforming among the majors was Solana's SOL (SOL), which rose 3.1% over the past day.

Quietly on the rise even as bitcoin struggled mightily over the past two weeks is gold. The yellow metal was higher by another 0.8% on Thursday to $3,477 per ounce.

For the month of August, gold's outperformance is even more stark — a rise of nearly 4% as bitcoin slid 5.2%.

At $3,477, gold now sits only a few dollars below it

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