OP can combine the options presented to him or use something of his own after analyzing everything - and I hope he will be able to be sure of his future and privacy in the space.
If he can take some of the lessons that have been presented by some of the previous people then I am sure he will have a conclusion for the privacy and security issues in storing his bitcoin assets because there have been many suggestions and inputs that have been given and now it is up to him to choose which one.
I don't agree that Monero is a hype, Monero is a great cryptocurrency, especially for privacy and other features it offers, like low fees, etc. Both BTC and Monero are great to use, it depends on what you are looking for as a crypto person. Op is surely wrong with their understanding of BTC, because pseudonymity does not mean 'unsafe', and in case they do not know, your cryptocurrency is only as safe as the device you store it in and your opsec.
That is true because using bitcoin should be much safer when someone is able to protect it and there are now many safe storage places that can be used or utilized. Monero has its own advantages and may not be compared to bitcoin because both have different sides depending on the use that is utilized by people. Everything that is online should not be so safe because there are still gaps to be infiltrated but it depends on how someone is able to secure it.