>>54482009The main money sink is breeding since you lose the parents after a breed, although as a bonus you have much more control at what the bred Pokemon comes out as. Because of that the demand for Pokemon is always high and there's people always willing to buy and sell Pokemon
There's other sinks like buying cosmetics and items, mainly Pokeballs.
It's hard to talk about the economy but because bots are pretty well moderated, ingame money still has valuable and it isn't too hard to get what you need. You can breed a 2x31 for maybe around 200k total or a 2x30 for like 100k, even Garchomp who has the biggest presence in pvp. For context you can easily make 200k-300k daily from just rebattling gym leaders in every region and even more if you have the time to battle NPCs aswell. A regular Pokemon is usually like 1200-2000 Pokeyen if you don't care about nature of IVs
The late game whale money sinks are buying 5x31 Pokemon directly instead of breeding or buying old vanity items but even that is usually attainable for anyone willing to spend 2-3 hours a day doing rebattles, with the exception of really old cosmetics from limited events. Shinies are also very valuable because of their 1/30k rarity and guaranteed 1x31 in a random IV, and most people prefer to keep theirs
