How can I move my liquid steem?

My dearest hive community.

Former steem community.

I have a question. How can I move my steem?

Even though I’ve been involved with the steem platform for a good couple of years, I really have learned very little about exchanges, wallets and the practical maintenance involved with owning such currency.

I got complacent and was happy to just let me steem sit there in the steem wallet and build.
I never wanted to trade (don’t know how) or speculate or anything.
I just wanted to own and build, then maybe - just maybe - sell when it hit say a $100 mark (LOL).

So I’m a bit stuck.

The mighty @blocktrades have temporarily ceased their very convenient steem-hive exchange (that even an idiot like me could understand) and I’m now in a position where I have liquid steem that I would like to keep safe or exchange for a more stable coin for the time being.

The question really is; Where is the best place to open an account and send my steem to... and how should I do this?

What platform is the most trusted and is it easy to understand?

I have a Coinbase account. That’s about it.

Any up to date information on this incredibly basic topic that I really should know more about is very welcome.

Yours sincerely,
@ashtv