Kraken is not available for New York residence, probably few more states. Gemini and Hood I didn’t brother, IB is using paxos. Anyway, only use Coinbase few years back, first entry was around 4k, sold it doubled. Then around 9k, sold it at nearly 10k, then skyrocketed, didn’t bother since.
I've got the Ledger Nano X. But from what i've heard, the Ledger Nano is slightly more secure since it doesnt have bluetooth function. Read the news on them, some have been compromised. And buy directly from the manufacturer, never second hand