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Why not just have an encrypted wallet file that you backup remotely? I wouldn't trust myself to not lose the hardware, or the hardware to continue functioning indefinitely. Just use a strong passphrase that you can memorize.

>Given that Coinbase is down, a hardware wallet in this case would probably be a lot faster...

Other exchanges will be faster in any such case. Coinbase is almost always unstable or down during price crashes.

Why do you want to convert to USD fast? If you're concerned about such short time movements in price it's probably not an asset you want to have a lot of money in...