Rithmic, LLC is pleased to announce that version 8.5.0.0 of R | API™ and R | API+™ is now available for download by its end users. “Version 8.5.0.0 expands programmatic access to the rich functionality of R | Trade Execution Platform™ while preserving the simplicity, efficiency and reliability of the interface,” said Gene Sato, chief developer of Rithmic’s API libraries. “In particular, developers and their users may now access mid-point prices from exchanges that only provide best bid and best ask prices, prior day order history and, when provided by an exchange, exchange timestamps on execution reports.” Jonathan Walden, CEO of Rithmic, continued, “This new release crown’s the completion of the upgrade of our release environment which began about 3 weeks ago.”