I prefer self custody - metamask or any other wallet really.

For staking, it’s pretty easy and safe today with established platforms like Lido, RocketPool, etc.

Oracles like DIA have been working on the Liquid Staking space, bringing tools like fair pricing and on chain audits (collateralization) bringuing peace of mind to its users.

I personally have my ETH on a Ledger wallet and use it through Metamask, mostly on Lido.