UOB Venture leads $12.9m Bluwhale funding round

It invested in the AI blockchain platform along with SBI Holdings, Sui, amongst others. 

UOB Venture Management led the $10m ($12.9m) Series A funding of Bluwhale, a decentralised artificial intelligence (AI) network powering agents on blockchains.

UOB joined as a major investor alongside SBI Holdings of Japan and other L1 and L2 financial blockchain institutions Sui, Tezos, Cardano, Arbitrum, and Movement Labs.

Bluwhale went to market boasting functions that pair a user's financial health score with an AI agent marketplace, where enterprises and developers launch financial services to Gen Z users, the blockchain network said.

Bluwhale’s recent token generation event introduced $BLUAI, the native token that supports the decentralised AI network.

The platform currently has more than 3.6 million users worldwide, and uses AI agents deliver services, recommend assets, and execute transactions on- and off-chain.

Institutional investment in digital assets has grown dramatically in 2025, the platform said.

“Spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs have already drawn more than $118b ($153b) in institutional inflows during Q3 2025…Corporate treasuries now hold over $113b ($146b) in Bitcoin,” it added.

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