First of all I hardly understand why they want to pass the ICO now. Instead they should have continue with the ICO and start with the KYC process in parallel right? Need clarity on this part for sure.
What i was thinking about too.. Why not do all at once if the work force is not enough they have raised enough funds to be able to hire some useful hands that cam speed up the process.
I'm sure the team evaluated their options and for whatever reason came to this decision, most likely to avoid people down the road complaining about a surprise KYC. In the end i'd imagine its a damned if they do damned if they don't situation. That they decided to pull the trigger and get it over with. New companies make misjudgements early on that need to be corrected for, so i guess thats why their trying to do to make sure it doesn't haunt them further down the line.
Well, I find it also a strange decision to just pause the ICO for a while. That might have the risk that people misunderstand the pause for a finish and so lose interest in the ICO. But I am sure they weighted up if it's worth and implementing KYC and AML is also very imporatant.