Used to be super active but got burned by most of the old closures (Cryptsy, btc-e, Bter, etc), so where is the best place to trade nowadays?
Were you using exchanges to store your cryptocurrencies? if so, this isn't advisable as you may have already know. The best middle ground approach right now is to withdraw your funds to a non custodial wallet if you're not actively trading.
Hmm that's the key point bro that's the key point. You did a very good job to highlighting the critical point about privacy.
I think it is one of the mistake that many people can underestimate. Although it can cause you to lose, Anyway OP, if you need a suggestion about the best exchange to trade so I have already elobrate it in a recent post but here is a point that I am concerned about: if you are storing your funds in exchanges instead of wallets, So I think you are adopting the dangerous path of keeping your fund on the exchange instead of in your wallet. Maybe you know this, if not, let me tell you a little bit you should never leave your funds on the exchange, no matter how secure it is, they can cheat you. For example, FTX is in front of you.
So you should keep the amount of funds in the only trade account on which you trade, in addition, transfer your funds to a non-custodial wallet as suggested by Potato Chips.