IMHO unserious and useless but if you really want to go that way, do it. You'll have a super-amazing-mind-blowing logo and community laughin at you. Good decision.
above Phoenix logo is better than current one.....yes or no ?
the rendering is nice and that's the end of the story.
Phoenix represents rebirth. We are the New Economy Movement. So we are the rebirth of the economy. It's a perfect fit, I think. If someone asked me what that Phoenix logo is, I am confident that I could explain it.
Also, the Phoenix is present in Asia, America, and the Middle East (if not elsewhere as well), so it is a concept that everyone can relate to.
The bird logo could also be a swan. And you can turn that into a "black swan in cpypto" story, which is what you've been saying about NEM for a long time.
Anyway the best out of them.
But at least, I would love to see one with human beings holding their hands, for example. May even forming a globe or because of me also a phoenix, but simple. As we are a community made out of humans and especially for them and with them. You know, I would love to have this "Us" feeling in it.
May also someone could remind me, why we are just using this kind of red/orange? We could use different colors to symbolize each nation. Also it's not that trustworthy like blue, or green, for example.
There could be so much message in just a simple logo, so why not doing so? It's what I'm missing in all of them.
At least, the logo should describe us, not conversely.