Get your coins off the Exchange TODAY.

I've seen some posts around here recently about people wanting to take custody of their own coins. THIS IS AWESOME. Good job. I've also seen quite a few people delaying this action because they are either unsure of which hardware wallet they want, don't have the funds to get a hardware wallet they want yet, are waiting to receive their hardware wallet in the mail, etc.

There is NO reason you need a hardware wallet to take your coins into your own custody. There is NO reason to delay such action. If they are available to withdraw. Withdraw them. They are A LOT more secure in your custody than someone else's. It doesn't HAVE to be a hardware wallet. Put them in a reputable software wallet until a time you can afford or receive the hardware wallet you want.

Don't delay, take custody of your coins TODAY!

Reputable Wallets: https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-wallet

There are many more and the community here is more than happy to help and recommend other free options, but as always DYOR.

Edit: I want to make this really easy for anyone. There are no dumb questions and I will help anyone that has questions and is unsure. I also wanted to add that it's best practice to send a test transaction of a small amount and make sure it goes through before sending large sums of Bitcoin to and from addresses.

Another good point brought up in the comments is that I personally don't even have a hardware wallet. I keep my stack of Bitcoin in a wallet whose seed is stamped on a steel plate in my safe. I only ever send BTC to that wallet, never from that wallet. I can always grab the seed out the safe, restore a wallet on some old hardware I have (old phone) and broadcast a tx if I really need to send from it. I have a smaller amount, I'm okay with losing, in a hot wallet on my phone for spending. That is of course still backed up but it's a separate wallet, more public knowledge of addresses and identity.

I hope this helps. Please ask questions.