Hi i'm new to the forum and have a noob question.

I have btc with coinbase, but all of the above sounds worrying. If i transfer it all to a hard wallet, where would i then proceed to sell once the time comes? I'm aware i can use P2P and the like, but for ease would the sensible option be selling it back to the exchange anyway?

So in essence, buy btc from coinbase > place btc on hard wallet > sell back to coinbase once the time comes?