So between my waiting till the last min, coin base messing up my limits, and gemini having a 4-5 day withdraw hold while it clears, that i did not know about. I now have 2.2 eth, 1.5 that i was planning on putting into pillar, sitting in an exchange that I cant get to my ether wallet.
I know this is my fault for not getting ready sooner but I didn't have the funds. I will still be buying some pillar tokens because I believe in it, but wanted to share my lesson learned on this one.