Uploading a picture

What file format is the image you uploaded - i.e. what did you export it from AI as?

There’s this known issue (which I assume is still an issue), but if you’re certain that what you uploaded does have transparency (is either a PNG with alpha channel or a proper SVG), then the transparency should be preserved.

EDIT: You can check whether the “master” image in your Bubble storage has transparency by going to DataFile ManagerSearch and then clicking the “view” link for that image to see the original file you uploaded. Images appearing in Bubble pages are automatically resampled / optimized, and that’s generally a very good thing. However, it means that what you see on a page is usually not the actual file you uploaded but rather an auto-optimized derivative.