Connecting a display via USB-C

Quick background:

  • I’m on MacOS Monterey 12.4
  • Macbook Pro 2021 M1

Problem:
Connecting a display via USB-C.

Details:

  • I would like to connect two displays to my computer. One with the HDMI cable and one with either a USBC or a USBC -> HDMI adapter.
  • Connecting either Disaplay with the HDMI port works flawlessly; however, connecting the external display with USB (with or wout adapeter) doesn’t seem to get detected.
  • The Cable does support video as well as the adapter works fine on another machine (and same monitor)

How can I troubleshoot this? I tried the majority of the apple support articles.